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TIL the sack of Constantinople in 1453 and subsequent closure of the Silk Road by the Ottoman Empire was a main motivator of Europe to seek a western route to Asia
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Imagine your food is so bland that you circumnavigate the globe
Brought to you by the east indes gang
“The sack of Constantinople”
*Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down*
[Well I guess we’ll have to find another way to India](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYol0bFBi8g)
Hah, sack.