How did Portuguese exploration lead to the creation of a trading empire ?

Europeans became involved in the slave trade, seeking larger numbers of slaves for their plantations; African states expanded the slave trade to meet European needs and gain wealth

Explanation:

stretching from Africa through the Indian Ocean to India? ... They gained exclusive exploration and trading rights over half the world, which helped expand its wealth and power and limited competition from rival European powers

During the fifteenth century, Spain hoped to gain advantage over its rival, Portugal. ... Their goals were to expand Catholicism and to gain a commercial advantage over Portugal. To those ends, Ferdinand and Isabella sponsored extensive Atlantic exploration.

With its strong government support, Portugal was able to lead in overseas explorations. ... Henry was aware that there was great wealth beyond Europe due to an early exploration he was on. Portuguese invaders found spices and large supplies of jewels, gold, and silver in the city of Ceuta in North Africa.

i think it was because of how protected egyptian civilization was was which allowed them to evolve without much outside influence.

the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.