The Sultanate of Brunei, a Malay sea power based on the northern coast of Borneo that reached its height around 1600 CE, is considered a thalassocracy—a geopolitical entity whose hegemony resulted from control of the sea rather than of land. Historians classify thalassocracies as distinct from tellurocracies, or land-based powers. __________ the Ottoman Empire (1300s–1900s CE) is known for both land and sea supremacy.
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hardWhich choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
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For example, tellurocracies have long overpowered their rivals:
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Likewise, thalassocracies are sea-based powers:
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In other words, empires are classified according to their source of power:
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Of course, the distinction is not always so neat: