1. How does the development of maritime empires compare with the development of land-based empires in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?(1 point) Responses land-based empires were heavily supported by private individuals and joint-stock companies and maritime empires were not land-based empires were heavily supported by private individuals and joint-stock companies and maritime empires were not the maritime empires went bankrupt due to the necessary investment in infrastructure and lack of trade the maritime empires went bankrupt due to the necessary investment in infrastructure and lack of trade the maritime empires did not have to rely on locals for help in the Indian Ocean the maritime empires did not have to rely on locals for help in the Indian Ocean the maritime empires focused on control of the trade routes in the Indian Ocean rather than control of people and land