Read the excerpt from "benin plaque: the oba with europeans."
the portuguese galleons, cutting out all the middle-men and able to carry much bigger cargoes, offered a totally new kind of trading opportunity. they and their dutch and english competitors, who followed later in the sixteenth century, carried gold and ivory to europe and in return brought commodities from all over the world that were greatly valued by the oba's court, including coral from the mediterranean, cowry shells from the indian ocean to serve as money, cloth from the far east and, from europe itself, larger quantities of brass than had ever before reached west africa. this was the raw material from which the benin plaques were made.
which central idea is best supported by the details in the excerpt?

The central idea, that is best supported by the details in the excerpt, is as follow:

The Benin people reached the wealth and riches of the world through trade.

Explanation:

In this excerpt, the writer has explained that how Benin plaques were made. These plaques were greatly valued by the court of Oba in Benin Kingdom. The Portuguese carried big cargoes expanding the trading. The Dutch and English carried gold and ivory to Europe and in return they brought commodities to the Oba's court. These commodities included corals from Mediterranean, cowry shells, cloth from Far East and brass. Then these commodities were utilized to make Benin Plaques.

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at nineteen years old, nicole c. kear's biggest concern is choosing a major--until she walks into a doctor's office in midtown manhattan and gets a life-changing diagnosis. she is going blind, courtesy of an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa, and has only a decade or so before lights out. instead of making preparations as the doctor suggests, kear decides to carpe diem and make the most of the vision she has left. she joins circus school, tears through boyfriends, travels the world, and through all these hi-jinks, she keeps her vision loss a secret.

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