<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliThe Aegean Islands, which for centuries had been important ports on the trading routes, became the backwaters of this new transport network and the economies of several islands came close to collapse.  <response>: Visiwa vya Aegean, ambavyo kwa karne nyingi vilikuwa bandari muhimu kwenye njia za biashara, viliwa maji ya nyuma ya mtandao huu mpya wa usafiri na uchumi wa visiwa kadhaa ulikaribia kuanguka. 