Until the age of exploration and the emergence of a new global economy, "the Chinese", not Europeans, dominated trade, and one "Portugal" <span>began to control the area, both Asian and Arab merchants were forced to pay protection money so their cargo would not be seized.</span>
The River Nile<span> is in the beautiful continent of Africa. It originates inside Burundi, south of the equator, and flows northward to northeastern Africa, eventually flowing through Egypt and then draining into the Mediterranean Sea.</span>
