The Ottoman Empire was a large Islamic Empire which controlled the Southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa.
The European countries traded with Asia or east for goods and spices had to pass through Ottoman Empire as the later controlled all trade routes to Asia. The Ottomans and other Muslims kingdoms had a monopoly of trade therein and thus the trade was very expensive. In 1453 The Ottoman Empire captured the Constantinople and gained control over Middle East and we see the trade between Europe and Asia stopped abruptly. So the Europeans began to find alternatives in Sea routes and explored more and more countries. In this way Ottoman Empire indirectly encouraged the Western European Age of Exploration in 15th century.
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The Cuban missile crisis
Explanation:
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a time of heightened confrontation between the Soviet Union, the United States, and Cuba during the Cold War.
It may have been the moment when the Cold War came closest to a nuclear war. There was a coup in Cuba in 1959. A small group led by Fidel Castro took power in this Cuban Revolution.
The Cuban Missile Crisis comes to an end. The Cuban Missile crisis comes to a close as Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agrees to remove Russian missiles from Cuba in exchange for a promise from the United States to respect Cuba's territorial sovereignty.