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13.5 Africa’s Eastern Coast pp. 372-375

13.5 Africa’s Eastern Coast pp. 372-375. Objectives:. Locate and describe Swahili trading cities. Explain why they emerged. Analyze their interaction with other parts of Africa and the world. A. Eastern Africa (p. 372). Another powerful African civilization was growing to the east.

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13.5 Africa’s Eastern Coast pp. 372-375

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  1. 13.5 Africa’s Eastern Coastpp. 372-375

  2. Objectives: • Locate and describe Swahili trading cities. • Explain why they emerged. • Analyze their interaction with other parts of Africa and the world.

  3. A. Eastern Africa (p. 372) • Another powerful African civilization was growing to the east. • It had closer ties to Asia than to West Africa. • However, it shared its language family (Bantu) with other African groups, and it profited from trade within Africa and with other continents. • From eastern Africa, gold and ivory was shipped to cities in Arabia, India, and China.

  4. B. Trade Along the Indian Ocean (p. 373) • The coastal cities of eastern Africa linked Africa to Asia. • Eastern African merchants traded gold, leopard skins, rhinoceros horns, and ivory. • Eastern African ivory was prized because it was softer and easier to carve than West African ivory.

  5. C. The “People of the Shore” (p. 373) • Over time some of the foreign merchants settled in Africa’s eastern coastal cities. • Many were Arab Muslims, who made important contributions to the civilization that became known as “Swahili,” which means “people of the shore” in Arabic. • These merchants brought both their language (Arabic) and their religion (Islam) to the coastal regions of eastern Africa.

  6. D. Life Along the Coast (p.374) • Between 1000 and 1500, Swahili cities grew in size and strength. • Those cities grew when they controlled important trade routes. • They declined when that control slipped away. • Unlike in West Africa, Swahili cities were each ruled by their own leaders.

  7. E. Swahili Cities (p. 374) • The three most important Swahili cities were Mombasa, an island of present-day Kenya; Zanzibar, a much larger island farther south; and Mogadishu, in present-day Somalia. • The people of Mogadishu lived by fishing and farming. • Mogadishu controlled much of Africa’s gold trade from 1000 to 1300.

  8. F. Eastern African Legacies (p.375) • Today some important legacies of early Swahili civilization remain in the countries of East Africa. • Swahili has become the common language of Tanzania, Kenya, Zaire, and Uganda. • Old Swahili ports such as Mombasa and Zanzibar still ship goods around the globe.

  9. G. Decline (p. 375) • These cities are nowhere near as strong as they once were. • Their decline was the result of conflicts that broke out in the 1500s. • As the Portuguese began sailing around Africa on their way to Asia, they began colonizing the eastern coast.

  10. Review • For what product was East Africa famous? • With what part of the world did East Africa concentrate its trade and commerce? • What does “Swahili” mean? • What were three important Swahili cities?

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