How did the turks' expansion of the ottoman empire and their conquest of the byzantine empire and its capital constantinople in 1453 influence european exploration?

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Pankaj Rawat · Answer 1 · 2019-07-16T03:41:02+0000

It forced Europeans to search for alternate trade routes to China, bypassing the overland routes now controlled by the Ottoman Empire.