It contributed to the rise of the Ottoman Empire. When the Byzantine Empire ended, the Ottomans received a strong trade port affecting Mediterranean-black sea trade zones.<span />
Explanation: The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War in that Lee's failure to take the war into the North showed the limitations of the Confederate cause and made it so that the war would be contained to and thus the damages would be felt exclusively in the South.
In the 1980's the Central American countries were entrenched with Civil War. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is option "b".
NAFTA was signed by all of the following countries, except Cuba. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is option "d".
The Caribbean Islands. Columbus was going towards India, but he didn't know that the West Indies or the western hemisphere was there. So, thinking it was India, He discovered many islands in the Caribbean.