Of Mobile Bay, it had been the last important port on the Gulf of Mexico east of the Mississippi River remaining in Confederate possession. Its closure was the final step in completing the blockade in that region.
shipping routes
the Bosphorus and Dardanelles sea routes (also known as the Turkish Straights)
The islands in the Pacific were important for both the Japanese and the Americans to maintain control of. Whoever was effectively able to control the islands in the Pacific could essentially control the shipping routes of the Pacific Great Circle.
All of them. Even the Crusades were more about control of trade routes than anything else. "Causes" are merely a device used by Daddy Warbucks to dupe young men and women into getting themselves killed and maimed in order to satisfy that greed.
Of Mobile Bay, it had been the last important port on the Gulf of Mexico east of the Mississippi River remaining in Confederate possession. Its closure was the final step in completing the blockade in that region.
shipping routes
Admiral Mahan urged the US to build a strong navy to protect its interests, specifically promoting the idea of naval power as a key factor in securing economic and military dominance on the world stage. He emphasized the importance of having a powerful navy to control sea routes, protect trade, and project power globally.
Assyrians and Chaldean
shipping routes
They took better travel routes to get there destination more briefly
Shiloh
straits
The Assyrian had a great desire to control trade routes in southwestern Asia
Constantinople has a large advantage because it is coasted by two major seas, the black sea, and the meditteranean sea. This makes it a major trading point. Also from its position it could easily stop an enemy from crossing from the meditteranean to the black sea. Also if there was a battle at Constantinople they would only have to fight from 1/4 of a front because the other 3/4 of the city perimeter is surrounded by water.
They ruled the great trading routes
Alfred Thayer Mahan, an American Admiral and naval strategist of the early 1900's