How was european exploration influenced by the ottoman empire

The ottoman capture of constantinople motivate the age of exploration due to fact that even that age of exploration already started near 100 years erlier the growing influence of the ottoman empire made mainland trade route to india and china (most of all silk rode) regulated and after conquest of hungary silk rode was compleatly shut in 1526 thefore after such event like fall of constantinople europeans knew that the ebst solution is to develope more and more new trade routes by sea through the new discoveries

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