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Swahili Coast and the surrounding city-states - Coggle Diagram
Swahili Coast and the surrounding city-states
kingdom of Aksum
the famous king Ezana ruled from 325 - 360 CE
his teacher was a Christian, this had influenced him to convert the whole kingdom to Christianity
located on a high plateau overlooking the Red Sea, it was located on the horn of Africa, which was a great location of controlling the trading routes
300 - 700 CE
trading structure
foreign traders wanted to trade ivory from Africa
from its main port Adulis, which was a cosmopolitan,
their monotheistic tradition, a God named Mahrem
thousands of Muslims eventually moved to the Swahili Coast, where Islam would have significant influences 1200 - 1500
the local language " Swahili" was combined by the Bantu language and other languages
even today, Indonesia still has the most population of Muslims
Bantu migration
migrating from modern day Nigeria, this had had great influences on the spreading of Bantu language, which established the basis of Swahili language
we are not sure of the main reasons
pull factors like economy opportunities, or push factors like famine and natural disasters
also due to their tradition, the Bantu people had traditions of burning down forests, they thought this can make the soil better for planting, but they had to move to another land to do the same thing
on their way of migration, they learnt technology like irony
the Berbers
they had already lived in the north - western Africa, Maghreb for a long time before the Muslims came
influences from Islam
many of the Berbers became Muslims during 8th - 13th century CE, many of them joined be cause of trading benefits
two famous: Almohads and Almoravids converted to Islam and dominated the region