<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliThis was especially the case after it found itself on the southern route taken by European merchants and missionaries of the 16th century.  <response>: Hii ilikuwa hasa kesi baada ya kujikuta kwenye njia ya kusini iliyochukuliwa na wafanyabiashara na wamishonari wa Ulaya wa karne ya 16. 