00:00Constantinople's fall in 1453 severely disrupted Europe's overland trade, making routes costly and unreliable.
00:08Constantinople fell in 1453. Ottoman rule blocked land routes.
00:13Overland trade grew costlier for spices and silk. Europe needed new paths.
00:19This forced explorers like Columbus to sail west. New sea routes were forged.
00:24This desperate search proved old routes were gone.
00:28Discover more secrets at the link in bio.
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