Carl. Itâs strange you not pushing a Blue Oval (the only car for me) around the track but I remain a staunch Carl Edwards fan who in my opinion was screwed out of the 2011 Sprint Cup Championship or at least Co-championship. Get up on that wheel and win it this year. Bill Clark, Florence Kentucky.
By the end of the 10th century, the Cholan Empire controlled trade along both eastern and western coasts in the south and would extend their empire to Sri Lanka and the Maldive Islands. The arrival of Vasco da Gama from Portugal in 1498 established a sea route from Europe to India.
Join us! In 1498 the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovered the first all-water route to Asia from Europe by sailing around the southern tip of Africa to India. What effect did this voyage have on the Ottoman Empire? The Ottomans benefited from the increase in intercontinental trade. The Ottomans increased their navy in the Indian Ocean to stop Portuguese merchant vessels. The Ottomans lost income because overland trade through the Middle East declined. The Ottomans made money by taxing the Portuguese trade.