They had just started the french revolution and the king and queen were neglecting their people and spending all the tax money on throwing parties and buying clothes plus they had just helped finance the american revolution instead of helping their own people
Command economies<span> and/or </span>socialist economies benefit their citizens<span> theoretically by ensuring that nobody is poor or without basic needs of living.</span>
The Indian Ocean Trade began with small trading settlements around 800 A.D., and declined in the 1500's when Portugal invaded and tried to run the trade for its own profit. As trade intensified between Africa and Asia, prosperous city-states flourished along the eastern coast of Africa.