Indian Ocean Trade Dbq Analysis

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Portugal impacted the Indian Ocean trade in multiple ways throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. For example, they took control of Malacca. As well as a fortress at the mouth of the Red Sea for better control of trade. Lastly, they were the only ones with working cannons on their ships which made them a powerhouse of ocean trade.

Portugal had a fortress at the mouth of the Red Sea to impact the Indian Ocean. According to document A from there they could see no spices might pass to the land of the sultan of Egypt. If no spices could reach the sultan of Egypt the sultan would have no choice, but to get the spices from Portugal. Also, based on document A, all those in India would lose the false notion they could trade anymore. With the people

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