The Fall of Constantinople and the Continuing Religious Wars in Europe

question 7

Multiple Choice

The fall of Constantinople and the continuing religious wars in Europe facilitated

• A)Ottoman expansion into Europe.
• B)Ottoman expansion into Russia.
• C)the alliance between the Ottoman Empire and Venice to take back Cyprus.
• D)the blockade of the Aegean Sea.
• E)the continued expansion of Protestants into the old Byzantine Empire.

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