The Portuguese hoped to find a route that would circumvent the area of Ottoman control because .

Ottoman tolls made commerce less profitable.

the answer is a. since they were a huge producer of cotton and wanted the most money for it.

they chose sides following the death of the islamic prophet muhammad in ad 632. a dispute over succession to islamic prophet muhammad as a caliph of the islamic community spread across various parts of the world, which led to the battle of jamal and battle of siffin.

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