AP African American Studies / Unit 1: Origins of the African Diaspora
1.8 Culture and Trade in Southern and East Africa
Notes
Great Zimbabwe built massive stone walls and traded gold. The Swahili coast city-states (Kilwa, Mombasa) traded across the Indian Ocean; Swahili blends Bantu and Arabic.
Practice
The Swahili language blends:
Coastal trade culture.
Great Zimbabwe was a center of:
Southern Africa.
Swahili city-states traded mainly across:
Monsoon trade.
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