How Did Indian Ocean Trade Affect Societies in East Africa
Without the monsoons when people could only rely sails and ors there was the possibility that their goods wouldnt make it on time and would go bad or that the ship we sink. The city-states traded with inland kingdoms like Great Zimbabwe to obtain gold ivory and iron. Indian Africa From The Trading Post Indians To The Indian Africans Africae The arab religion was used among China and East Africa as a factor for exchanging good to new areas along Eurasia and East Africa. . Experienced cultural change as local people were attracted to foreign religious ideas from Hindu Buddhist or Islamic sources. It took the Arabs from Persia close to two months traveling to the. As trade intensified between Africa and Asia prosperous city-states flourished along the eastern coast of Africa. After the rise of Islam. The city-states along the eastern coast of Africa made ideal centers of trade. Indian Ocean commerce reshaped the people and so...