Explain the relationship between the expansion of maritime trade in the Indian Ocean basin c. 500-c 1500 and the expansion of trade over the land routes of the silk roads

“Although the arrival of the Portuguese was a very important change in Indian Ocean maritime trade in the sixteenth century, it did not completely transform the trade, as the Portuguese never extended their control beyond a few ports and had to compete with Indian merchants and regional states such as the Ottoman ...

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