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Africa’s East Coast

Africa’s East Coast. Indian Ocean . Coastal cities linked Africa to Asia. East of Lake Victoria from Mogadishu to Kilwa Kisiwani Goods from inland: gold, leopard skins, rhino horns and ivory (elephant tusks) Asia sent: Metal tools, fine pottery, cloth, glass containers and wheat

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Africa’s East Coast

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  1. Africa’s East Coast

  2. Indian Ocean • Coastal cities linked Africa to Asia. East of Lake Victoria from Mogadishu to Kilwa Kisiwani • Goods from inland: gold, leopard skins, rhino horns and ivory (elephant tusks) • Asia sent: Metal tools, fine pottery, cloth, glass containers and wheat • Swahili: Arab Muslims settled on Eastern Coast. Brought Islam to the region, still important there

  3. Life Along Coast • 1000-1500 Swahili cites grew in size/strength. Best along trade routes. • Ruled by own leaders, not kings/kingdoms • Mombasa in Kenya and Zanzibar in Tanzania, Mogadishu in Somalia were largest coastal cities. • These cities were crowded, bustling, and full of trading activity

  4. Why It Matters • Swahili is common language in Tanzania, Kenya, Zaire, and Uganda. • Islam is a strong religion in Africa • ASSIGNMENT:--Draw pictures of goods exported from and imported to Africa • --On an African map draw a possible trade route from Timbuktu to Mogadishu and from Mogadishu to India. Then show what goods might be traded and where.

  5. Great Zimbabwe • Most gold from Eastern African coast game from a mine to the west called Great Zimbabwe. • No oral traditions or written documents were left behind. • Archeologists think they were farmers/herders that raised crops and herded cattle and sheep • Houses were made of mud and surrounded by walls • Other towns had walls but none as high as Great Zimbabwe

  6. Great Zimbabwe

  7. Trade • 1300s traded with Sofala (Swahili) • Mined then melted and reshaped gold • Able to buy glass beads, cloth and pottery from China and Persia • 18000 ppl lived there, tough to feed! (milk, wheat, sorghum, millet and farm animals) • 1490s a small European ship sailed past Sofala.. It changed the course of human history

  8. Persian Beads

  9. Assignment • Draw a picture of how you envision Great Zimbabwe to look. Include the walls, gold, and other images about the city.

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