The mariners involved in the Indian Ocean trade were
a. almost exclusively of Indian background.
b. a multilingual and multiethnic group.
c. from many lands, but all were Muslim.
d. primarily Arabic and Persian.
e. all Africans from the sub-Saharan region.
ANSWER:
b
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