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The Ottomans established a strong trading empire in the seventeenth century by a. invading and conquering territory in Eastern Europeb.creating the most powerful and well equipped navy of the time periodc.controlling the eastern Mediterranean and numerous overland trade routesd.bringing an end to the West African caravan trade system across the Sahara Desert

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"Controlling the eastern Mediterranean and numerous overland trade routes."

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