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