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Why the Ottoman Turkey blocked the trade routes

The extent to which the Ottoman Turkish Empire controlled the trade routes, there are a variety of views, can be summarized as follows: (1) the expansion of the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the heavy taxes imposed by the Egyptians "blocked the traditional trade routes"; (1) (2) Italian merchants and Ararabian merchants monopolized the trade in the Eastern Mediterranean; (2) (3) at first, it was the Italians and Ararabians who controlled the trade routes; (3) after the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the east-west trade was blocked. controlled the trade routes, and the rise of the Ottoman Empire blocked East-West trade.

Blocked because the ocean is a great power to fight for hegemony, the Ottoman Turks to fight for hegemony of the sea, other countries business

road naturally blocked.