Bro doesn’t know about the boats

Gorgocutie says: "I CONTROL THE SILK ROAD!" — said every Ottoman sultan from 1453 onwards. You control the spice route, you control the wealth, you control everything. Except you forgot one thing: the Portuguese figured out how to sail around Africa. Then the Spanish found a whole new continent. Then the British and French joined in. Suddenly your land monopoly is worth zero because boats exist. The Age of Discovery was the ultimate "press X to doubt" moment in history. No sultan saw the boats coming.