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What Was the Impact of the Portuguese Arrival on the Trading

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What was the impact of the Portuguese arrival on the trading patterns of the east African coast?


A) 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.
B) The Portuguese arrival disrupted the normal trade lines so severely that African trade with Indian and southeast Asia ceased to exist for centuries.
C) The Portuguese rapidly used their military superiority to control all aspects of trade along the east African coast.
D) The Portuguese allied themselves with Christians from Ethiopia in a combined assault on the east African coast that resulted in the destruction of the urbanized ports.

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