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Europeans began to seek an all-water, oceanic route to South and East Asia. The nations of western Europe launched a Crusade to retake control of the trade routes from the Ottomans. Venetian and Genoese traders welcomed Ottoman control because the Ottoman army protected the trade routes and made them safer. European merchants objected to paying taxes to the Ottomans and created overland routes to India and East Asia that bypassed Ottoman-controlled lands.

Europeans began to seek an all-water, oceanic route to South and East Asia.
The nations of western Europe launched a Crusade to retake control of the trade routes from the Ottomans.
Venetian and Genoese traders welcomed Ottoman control because the Ottoman army protected the trade routes and made them safer.
European merchants objected to paying taxes to the Ottomans and created overland routes to India and East Asia that bypassed Ottoman-controlled lands.
How did Europeans respond to the Ottomans’ taking control of trade in the eastern Mediterranean and along the Silk Roads?
From Lesson 276:17.4 Review Questions·World History 1

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