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<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> When was the sea route to India from Europe blocked?

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1450 CE
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1451 CE
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1459 CE
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1453 CE
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The correct option is D 1453 CE
<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> In 1453 CE, the Roman empire fell to the Ottoman Turks who had already established themselves in present day Turkey. Rome's capital, Constantinople was captured by the Muslim Turks. They blocked the sea trade route to India for the Christian Europeans.

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