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Answer: B. The Ottomans taxed European goods coming through Asia, motivating Europeans to seek new trade routes by sea to Asia
Explanation: At the height of its power, the Ottoman Empire included North Africa, most of Southeastern Europe, Western and Asia Minor. It was a multi-cultural, multi-religious and multilingual empire, which controlled the majority of important trade routes that linked Europe and Asia. One of the revenues that the Ottoman Empire made were taxes on goods that went through the empire, so Europeans sought alternative maritime trade routes.