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Europeans began to search for a water-based trade route to Asia. APEX;)
During World War I, Germany did in fact control the Dardanelles Strait, if only through its ally, the Ottoman Empire. Control of this narrow strip of water and surrounding areas was crucial for Germany and the Ottoman Empire in their attempt to prevent a link-up between the Allies through the heart of the Ottoman Empire itself.
The Ottoman Empire controlled the land trade-routes between East Asia and Europe. As a result, it was able to dominate trade until the Europeans circumvented Ottoman-controlled lands by finding an all-water route to East Asia in the sixteenth century.
The Bay Campeche was the body of water that did not border the Mayan Empire