B) inexperienced leaders is wrong
ottoman empire
Russia's empire was territorially contiguous.
Russia
Ukraine was in Russian Empire and in Soviet Union WITH Russia, but never IN Russia.
They provided a network for trade between the Byzantine Empire and Russia.
byzantine empire
byzantine empire
Britain, France, Sardinia, and the Ottoman empire won. Russia lost.
Russia's empire is territorially contiguous.
Russia
In Novaya Russia, the game beats you.
Gaius Julius Caesar or arguably Augustus