During the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire grew extremely wealthy because the Ottomans:

They were in charge of the trade route in Europe and asia  

answer: what was the us involvement in ww1? although the u.s. tried to remain neutral when ww1 broke out, it finally joined on april 6, 1917 after declaring war on germany. the reason for america to become involved in ww1 was germany's unrestricted submarine warfare, which had already sunk several american merchant ships.

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your answer would be (a)