<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliPortugals resulting near-monopoly of East West trade understandably awakened the competitive instincts of other European powers.  <response>: Kwa sababu ya hilo, Ureno ikawa karibu na mamlaka ya kibiashara ya Mashariki na Magharibi, na kwa sababu hiyo, nguvu za ushindani za mataifa mengine ya Ulaya zikaanza kuchochewa. 