1. East African City States and Great Zimbabwe? Indian Ocean Trade

2. Can you locate North Africa, Sub- Saharan Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and the Sahel? Ghana, Mali, Songhay Zimbabwe East African City States

3. Origins Bantu speaking peoples lived along the East Coast of Africa from 1 st Century CE. Around 900CE Arabs, Shirazis (Persians) and even some Indians settled along the East Coast of Africa for commercial (business) reasons. By 1300CE Muslim Arabs and Shirazis controlled much of the East Coast of Africa.

4. Cities & City States Mogadishu Mombasa Malindi Zanzibar Dar es Salaam Mozambique Angoche Sofala Inhambane

5. What does Zanzibar look more like?

6. This?

7. Traditional Zulu houses. Or this?

8. Cairo Zanzibar

9. Why? Why do the East African city states resemble Middle Eastern towns? Who populated these communities? What role has trade played?

10. Trade Ivory Sandalwood Ebony Gold Slavery Spices

12. Mombasa: Evidence of past exports.

15. Golden Rhino

16. Cultural Impact Swahili: is the language that formed from the combination of Arabic and local Bantu languages. Cultural Diffusion

17. Decline Portuguese British Tanganyika

21. Great Zimbabwe (12 th – 15 th Century CE)

23. Sofala Inhambane

24. What is the significance of this Chinese plate being found in Ancient Zimbabwe?

25. BTW…

27. In terms of political structure and culture, how does Zimbabwe compare to the east African City States? How about in comparison to the West African kingdoms? So if you were to create a table comparing the West African Kingdoms with the East African City States and ancient Zimbabwe…

28. And now for something different…

29. BTW

32. Fin

33. Aim : To what extent did East African City States and Great Zimbabwe have an impact on Indian Ocean trade?