The discovery of new maritime trade routes by Western European states allowed them to avoid the Ottoman trade monopoly. The Portuguese discovery of the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 initiated a series of Ottoman-Portuguese naval wars in the Indian Ocean throughout the 16th century. The Somali Muslim Ajuran Empire, allied with the Ottomans, defied the Portuguese economic monopoly in the Indian Ocean by employing a new coinage which followed the Ottoman pattern, thus proclaiming an attitude of economic independence in regard to the Portuguese. COUNT 5
QSN1 Avoiding the strength of Ottoman trade was accomplished with the discovery of what? ANS1 new maritime trade routes QSN2 What did the Portuguese discover in 1488? ANS2 the Cape of Good Hope QSN3 Where did the Ottoman and Portuguese have Naval wars in the 16th century? ANS3 the Indian Ocean QSN4 Who did the Ottomans ally with in the Indian Ocean? ANS4 The Somali Muslim Ajuran Empire QSN5 New coins were a proclamation of independence by the Somali Muslim Ajuran Empire from whom? ANS5 the Portuguese