<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWafanyabiashara walitaka kuondoa biashara kutoka kwa Waarabu, wakitisha utajiri wa Maghreb ya Kaskazini mwa Afrika kama tishio kwa Ulaya ya Kikristo.  <response>: The merchants wanted to divert trade away from the Arabs, fearing the enrichment of the North African Maghreb as a threat to Christian Europe. 