Which of the following best characterizes trade in the Indian Ocean prior to Portuguese entry?(1 point)

Question

Responses

Muslim traders brought Asian luxury goods to Venetian-owned ports throughout India and Southeast Asia.
Muslim traders brought Asian luxury goods to Venetian-owned ports throughout India and Southeast Asia.

Trade was dominated by Muslim, Chinese, and Venetian traders through a system of violence and colonization.
Trade was dominated by Muslim, Chinese, and Venetian traders through a system of violence and colonization.

Muslim, Chinese, and Venetian traders set up a system of diplomacy and financial arrangements.
Muslim, Chinese, and Venetian traders set up a system of diplomacy and financial arrangements.

Trade was mostly dominated by Spain, Netherlands, England, and France through a system of permits and piracy.

Answer 1

The response that best characterizes trade in the Indian Ocean prior to Portuguese entry is:

Muslim, Chinese, and Venetian traders set up a system of diplomacy and financial arrangements.

This emphasizes the cooperative and complex nature of trade networks that existed before the arrival of the Portuguese, which were based on established relationships and systems of commerce rather than solely on violence or colonization.