read the excerpt from \benin plaque: the oba with europeans.\ the portuguese galleons, cutting out all the…

read the excerpt from \benin plaque: the oba with europeans.\ the portuguese galleons, cutting out all the middlemen and able to carry much bigger cargoes, offered a totally new kind of trading opportunity. they and their dutch and english competitors, who followed later in the sixteenth century, carried gold and ivory to europe and in return brought commodities from all over the world that were greatly valued by the obas court, including coral from the mediterranean, cowry shells from the indian ocean to serve as money, cloth from the far east and, from europe itself, larger quantities of brass than had ever before reached west africa. this was the raw material from which the benin plaques were made. which central idea is best supported by the details in the excerpt? the benin people had access to the riches of the world through trade. the members of the obas court were richer than other benin people. european traders treated the benin people unfairly in trade agreements. the benin plaques were highly valued by portuguese traders.

read the excerpt from \benin plaque: the oba with europeans.\ the portuguese galleons, cutting out all the middlemen and able to carry much bigger cargoes, offered a totally new kind of trading opportunity. they and their dutch and english competitors, who followed later in the sixteenth century, carried gold and ivory to europe and in return brought commodities from all over the world that were greatly valued by the obas court, including coral from the mediterranean, cowry shells from the indian ocean to serve as money, cloth from the far east and, from europe itself, larger quantities of brass than had ever before reached west africa. this was the raw material from which the benin plaques were made. which central idea is best supported by the details in the excerpt? the benin people had access to the riches of the world through trade. the members of the obas court were richer than other benin people. european traders treated the benin people unfairly in trade agreements. the benin plaques were highly valued by portuguese traders.

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The text focuses on how Portuguese and other European traders brought goods from around the world to Benin in trade, indicating Benin's access to global riches through trade. It doesn't emphasize differences in wealth among Benin - people, unfair treatment in trade, or the value of Benin plaques to Portuguese traders as strongly.

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The Benin people had access to the riches of the world through trade.