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What were the negative effects of Indian Ocean trade?

What were the negative effects of Indian Ocean trade?

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Edith
1. The coming of the Portuguese led to the introduction of new companies with corrupt officials who were only interested in benefitting themselves.
2. The constant resistance between the coastal city states and the Portuguese destabilised the trade.
3. Portuguese officials failed to establish good relationship with the gold miners and this cut the supply of gold.
4. The Portuguese officials and soldiers were corrupt thus most gold were smuggled at the expense of legitimate trade.
5. The Portuguese seized the sofala gold trade therefore Africans and Arabs felt offended thus abandoning the trade.
eddynightsy answered the question on April 17, 2018 at 12:56

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