They included other Europeans who sought similar adventures and the porters and guides who bore the weight of their supplies as well as slaves freed from
Arab slave traders.
Not exact matches
Arab traders had virtual control of the region — especially the coast — for a thousand years, while trading in spices and
slaves.
It shows likely genetic impacts of historical events including European colonialism, the Mongol Empire, the
Arab slave trade and European
traders near the Silk Road mixing with people in China.
From the eighth century onward, the Indian Ocean was the scene of extensive trade of sub-Saharan African
slaves via sea routes controlled by Muslim
Arab and Swahili
traders.