Answer:
defeat a global superpower
Explanation:
Both the Phoenicians and the Greeks established trade routes throughout the Mediterranean. The <span>Phoenician Empire was made up of both Greek and Phoenician people, so I would select that if two answers aren't allowed.</span>
Answer:
conquering smaller states.
Explanation:
what is considered the beginning of the rise of the ottomans was mehmed the conquerers beginning of reign as rule. mehmed was able to conquer constantinople and then moved the capital to constantinople. aswell as expanding into the arabian peninsula and the balkan area of europe. making them a formidible force for many years until their decline many years later.
