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Title: East African City States and Zimbabwe


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East African City States and Zimbabwe
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East African City-States
  • City-state an independent city that has its own
    government and controls lands surrounding it
  • Wealth came from trade with India, Arabia, and
    Persia

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Climate and Geography of East African City States
  • Key to establishing regular trade routes across
    Indian Ocean
  • Winter winds blow toward Africa bringing ships
    from India Arabia to Africa
  • Muslim traders trade tea, silk, and porcelain
  • Summer winds blow away from Africa taking ships
    to India Arabia
  • Muslim traders trade gold, ivory, slaves, and
    animal skins

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Mixing of Cultures
  • Traders settle along East African coast and marry
    African women
  • New language emerges
  • Swahili, combination of Arabic words and language
    of Bantu-speaking African people
  • Islam spreads
  • Mosques, Muslim houses of worship, are built

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Great Zimbabwe
  • Trading kingdom in Southern Africa
  • Developed as a trading center between inland gold
    fields to west and eastern coastal cities to the
    right
  • Controlled and taxed trade passing through
    kingdom
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