European traders initially traded via Arab-controlled land routes through the Levant, until the Seljuk Turks and later the Ottoman Turks cut off the route in 1090 and 1453 respectively.
Sea trade in the 1500s
Thus, trade changed from the Crusades and later to the European Age of Discovery, during which maritime trade routes capable of circumventing Turkish blockades were sought.
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