Use the passage below to answer all parts of the question that follows. "There is no doubt that the Gujaratis from the northwest coast of India are men who understand merchandise; they are also diligent,
quick men in trade. They do their accounts with numbers like ours. There are also merchants from Egypt settled in Gujarat, as well
as many merchants from Persia and the Arabian Peninsula, all of whom do a great trade in the seaport towns of Gujarat. Those of
our people who want to be clerks and traders ought to go there and learn, because the business of trade is a science in itself."
Tomé Pires, Portuguese merchant, book describing travels in South Asia, 1515
a. Identify and explain ONE way in which the Indian Ocean trade described in the passage was a continuity of the Indian Ocean
trade that occurred during the period 600 to 1450 C. E.
b. Identify and explain TWO ways in which merchants such as Pires changed the Indian Ocean trade system in the period 1450
to 1750 C. E.