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n |
Muslim traders
dominated
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Indian Ocean and
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Southeast Asian
commerce
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and Islam blocked
the
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spread of
Catholic
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Christianity in
the area.
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n |
They also saw
that political
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divisions divided
Asians
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who did not
understand the
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threat posed by
the new
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intruders.
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