Answer:
Musilm women confined to house but were allowed participate in business/court affairs - where as European women faced fewer restrictions in public activity. Also While Islam continued to spread around the Indian Ocean, Muslim dominated trade in the region gave way to European control.
Explanation:
* Had been linked to Islamic world through trade.
* Period say first significant European contact.
* Euros mainly interested in aquiring slaves.
* Slave trade
*( Regional depopulation, gender imbalances )