What was one outcome of the ottoman empire's control of trade and taxation on goods throughout much of asia?

a. neighboring civilizations became more self-reliant because they could not trade through ottoman-controlled lands.

b. christian merchants became more interested in trading with african countries than with asian empires.

c. the ottoman empire became too large and wealthy to govern efficiently, and it fell into civil war.

d. europeans entered an age of naval exploration in an attempt to find alternate trade routes to asian markets.