Which of the following statements concerning Ottoman naval power is most accurate?
A) The Ottoman Empire never developed a navy, thus was unable to control the Mediterranean or challenge the growing naval supremacy of the West.
B) Powerful Ottoman gally fleets captured major island bases in the eastern Mediterranean, but were unable to prevent western advances in the Indian Ocean.
C) The Ottoman Empire was sufficiently powerful at sea that until the 18th century it was able to maintain not only dominance of the eastern Mediterranean but also to monopolize the Indian Ocean.
D) The Ottomans retained their naval dominance in the Indian Ocean, but almost immediately lost all of their Mediterranean possessions.
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