SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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they could control all the gold in the world
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it was the center of new inventions and ideas
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they could have a monopoly on the trade between Europe and Asia
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the could convert all people to Islam
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Detailed explanation-1: -Their [Ottoman] aim was not merely political and military. For centuries Constantinople was the largest metropolis in the known world, the impregnable [unconquerable] core of a great [Byzantine] empire, served by a deep-water port that gave access to the sea.
Detailed explanation-2: -The administration, architecture and court ceremonies of the early post-1453 Ottoman Empire were heavily influenced by the former Byzantine Empire. The Ottoman sultan also used their claim to be Roman emperors to justify campaigns of conquest against Western Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -The empire’s success lay in its centralized structure as much as its territory: Control of some of the world’s most lucrative trade routes led to vast wealth, while its impeccably organized military system led to military might.