The actions of the __________ Empire in the Middle East in the 15th century compelled other countries to find an oceanic route to Asia.

The Ottoman Empire took Constantinople in 1453 and with it, the most important trade route of the time to bring the coveted goods of the East (silk, spices, perfumes, etc ...). Because the Ottoman Turks were of Muslim religion, they decided to impose more and more complicated obstacles for Christian Europe.

Due to the importance of these goods for the monarchy, the nobility and the bourgeoisie, the kings of different Catholic kingdoms of Europe decided to organize expeditions led by experienced navigators to find a route to the East (Asia) and to obtain such precious goods, from one of these expeditions organized by Queen Elizabeth of Spain was that the Genoese navigator Cristobal Colón with the intention of arriving in India, discovered for the Europeans, the American continent.