Which of the following is not true about the Portuguese slave trade? It began with Portuguese merchants buying slaves from the king of Benin.

The Portuguese continued the trans-Saharan slave trade to the Muslim world.

The slave trade accelerated when the Portuguese began growing sugar in Brazil.

Other peoples along the west coast of Africa began to sell captives to the Portuguese.

The Spanish hired Portuguese merchants to transport African slaves to the New World.

Ahistorian has discovered a letter written by an early roman emperor. she translates the letter and discovers that it contains orders to a general before a battle. she works to determine when the letter was written to figure out which battle the letter references. the historian in the passage is most clearly demonstrating which historical thinking skill? a. identifying causes and historical contextb. thinking chronologicallyc. making and evaluating arguments and interpretationsd. analyzing historical sources