The Ottoman conquest of Mecca and Medina was significant because
A) both cities were subsequently restored to Shi'ite control.
B) Ottoman caliphs could claim both political and religious leadership of the Muslim world.
C) Christians who had controlled the cities for centuries were finally expelled.
D) the Safavid Persians were forced to convert to Sunni Islam.
E) Ottoman sultans gained control of the Indian Ocean trade.
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