The best option regarding the role that the Portuguese played in the existing African slave trade was that "<span>a. They became another branch of the traditional slave trade," since they brought a great deal of slaves from Africa to South America. </span>
Answer:
A modern way of life
Explanation:
Marco Polo's trip to the Far East was of great importance as it presented the Far East, then under the rule of the Mongols, in a much different way than what was thought off in Europe. The Far East was presented as a region where there's a modern way of life, with beautiful architecture, excellent organization, large scale trade, prosperous economy, and that the people were much more civilized than what was thought, even more than the Europeans in certain things. This came a s very big surprise in Europe as it was the total opposite of what they assumed. This stories managed to prompt a large interest for the Far East, so lot of people were heading there to learn new things, to trade, to exchange ideas and technologies.
The poor was affected least as they had financial issues to begin with
