Throughout the 1800s Russia was interested in acquiring Turkey mainly because Russia wanted ?

A. to main peace in the Middle East

B. The rich farmland of the Anatolian Plateau

C. to reestablish the Byzantine Empire

D. access to the Mediterranean Sea

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