The Portuguese Vasco da Gama's Voyage around southern Africa to India took place at the end of the fifteenth century, and by 1502 the trans-Abrabian caravan route had been cut off by political unrest.

15世纪末，葡萄牙的瓦斯科?达?伽马进行了绕南非到达印度的航行，1502年通往阿拉伯国家的商路因政治动荡被切断。