HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Question
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Despite great effort to shift the focus of trade into their own hands, the Portuguese were never able to control the trade on the northern Swahili coast
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The Portuguese arrival disrupted the normal trade lines so severely that African trade with India and southeast Asia ceased to exist for centuries.
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The Portuguese rapidly used their military superiority to control all aspects of trade along the east African coast.
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The Portuguese allied themselves with Christians from Ethiopia in a combined assault on the east African coast.
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The Portuguese bypassed the Swahili coast on their way to more valuable trade in Java.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In conclusion, the Portuguese transformed and influenced the maritime trade system in the Indian Ocean by force. They took over trading cities, destroyed Muslim trade ships, and imposed taxes to get their way. Now the Portuguese are dominant in the region and are very wealthy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Portuguese were the first Europeans to find a trade route to the Indian Ocean. At the time the Indian Ocean trade was dominated by the Arabs. However, with the arrival of the Portuguese, through the use of their superior ships and firepower, unseated Arab hegemony in the Indian Ocean.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the 15th and 16th centuries, Portuguese explorers were at the forefront of European overseas exploration, which led them to reach India, establish multiple trading posts in Asia and Africa, and settle what would become Brazil, creating one of the most powerful empires.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Portuguese had superior weapons, & they used them to cause havoc amongst the Swahili city-states. From 1502, the Portuguese were intent on muscling in on the region’s trade, and they set about sinking ships, destroying cities, and building forts to achieve that goal.
Detailed explanation-5: -The invention of the caravel in the early fifteenth century enabled Portuguese mariners to travel south along Africa’s Atlantic coast.