Marco Polo found a new trade route (possibly several) that expanded trade in Europe.
<span>the regions that did not fight the ottoman forces was : B. south Africa
The ottoman forces focused their attacks in the middle estern region and some part of Europe.
The south africa Region is located too far from the ottoman empire (and judging from our limited knowlege about world map back then, i doubt they even know about their existence)</span>
<span>China considers itself socialistic, but it is nowhere near that. Socialism is defined as all markets are owned and controlled by the state. In the past that was true as 100% of the businesses were state run. Now it is less then 30% and more and more of that is handed over to private enterprise. China has a country wide free market system. Anyone can participate in it, including myself.. keep it spongy.</span>
