<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishBila kupata masoko ya kigeni, hakukuwa na njia ya kukabiliana na mlipuko wa majanga - tauni, ukame, mafuriko, na njaa - mwishoni mwa karne ya 18.  <response>: Without access to foreign markets, there was no way to counter the rash of catastrophes plague, drought, floods, and famine at the end of the 18th century. 