Was the Ottoman Empire aware of European efforts to find direct trade routes to bypass Ottoman Empire controlled lands and seaways to prevent paying for access through those lands and if they
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3 The Ancient system of Globalisation: The Silk Road; Trade from East and Central Asia through Russia, and The Mediterranean — Wealth and Power
In school I studied that after the Ottoman blockade on the Silk Road, the price of spices was extremely high in Europe, and after the arrival of Portuguese ships in India, the
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Senga on X: "✓When the Ottoman Empire boycotted trade with the west & closed the routes, the closure initiated the Age of Discovery ( 1453-1660 CE) marked by European explorers taking to
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If the Ottoman Empire didn't block Western Europe's eastern trade routes, how much longer would it have taken the Americas to be discovered? - Quora
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