Question

The trade routes that connected Europe and Asia around 1400 were controlled by which empire?
A) Mughal
B) British
C) Chinese
D) Ottoman

Answer 1

Hint: A trade route is a logistical network that consists of a number of roads and stoppages used for commercial goods transportation. The phrase can also apply to trade that takes place across the water. A single trade route has long-distance arteries that may be connected to smaller networks of commercial and noncommercial transit routes, allowing commodities to reach distant markets.

Complete answer:
Around 1400, Muslim kingdoms, particularly the Ottoman Empire, controlled the majority of commercial routes connecting Europe and Asia. The Ottoman army was Europe's largest. The Ottoman Empire was continually at odds with Christian nations in Europe.

The trade routes were primarily used to transport raw materials, foodstuffs, and luxury products from locations where they were plentiful to areas where they were scarce. Certain materials or goods were monopolised in some locations. Silk was provided by China to West Asia and the Mediterranean civilization, while spices were primarily imported from South Asia. Commercial activity transitioned from the Old World's primary trade routes to newer routes connecting modern nation-states in modern times.

The old world's communication roads were the trading routes. People travelling from one location to another to conduct business conveyed new inventions, religious beliefs, creative styles, languages, and social conventions, as well as goods and raw materials.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: Cities along these trade routes prospered as a result of their ability to provide services to merchants and serve as worldwide markets. Some prospered primarily as trading towns, such as Palmyra and Petra on the Syrian Desert's outskirts, supplying merchant caravans and police trade routes.