From 650 CE to 1750 CE the commercial life in the Indian Ocean Region changed dramatically due to the fall of the Mogul Empire. This affected the region that the Indian Ocean Region traded with. There was also a battle over control of the Indian Ocean Trade Region between the Arabs and the Portuguese, which shaped who controlled the trade region, the new goods that Europe received from the Americas, which affected the function of the coastal and semi-coastal, economic cities, the improvement of naval navigational technology, and naval transportation which affected how merchants traded and traveled on different trade routes. Increased involvement of European merchants also affected the Indian Ocean Region. However, the use of the same, likeable
