28. The Portuguese access to trading regions in the Indian Ocean was most connected to
A. The Pope granted access to trade in the Eastern Hemisphere with the Treaty of Tordesillas.
B. The superior military forces of the Portuguese navy conquered Muslim empires in the Indian Ocean.
C. Vasco da Gama reached undiscovered and unoccupied regions on the Indian subcontinent.
D. An alliance between the Portuguese and Chinese military brought about a quick collapse of the Muslim empires.