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they intiated the cultivation of west Africa, which started the slave trade (transatlantic trade) (triangular trade) between w. africa, usa, and britain.

it also brought a lot of religious ideas to them as well as guns for the first time

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the Swahili lost their independence and were eventually controlled by the Portuguese empire

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Q: What effect did portuguese trade routes have on west africa?
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