The Ottoman empire had taxes and restriction on trade in its own territory that influenced and encouraged Europeans to seek new trade routes to other countries like India and China or any other countries in East Asia that is how the ottoman empire influenced the Europeans to explore during those centuries.
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Capitalism replacing mercantilism as dominant POLITICAL philosophy was not a characteristic of the Industrial Revolution.
The Industrial Revolution brought a lot of improvements to society. During this era, a lot of goods were produced in mass amounts because of the advancement in machinery. The Industrial Revolution also caused massive urbanization as building structures became a lot faster due to this revolution.
The weather affected the building of the Panama Canal quite negatively because the hot, humid weather made the work exhausting. The workers had to take long pauses until it was suitable for them to work again, because it was scorching hot in Panama so that no work could be done. This greatly slowed the process of building the Panama Canal because the workers didn't have the required conditions under which to work properly.
