What were the effects of long distance trade on the peoples of East Africa?
Answer:
-Towns developed into commercial centres, they include Mombasa, Lamu, Kilwa, Pemba and Zanzibar.
-Volume of local and regional trade increased due to variety on new goods introduces.
-A class of wealthy merchants emerged, such as Chief Kivoi of Ukambani.
-Foreign goods such as beads, cloth and plates were introduced to the peoples of East Africa.
-New crops were introduced in the Kenyan coast, for example, bananas, rice, sugarcane and mangoes from outside Africa.
-Islam and Islamic culture was introduced to the interior by Arab and Swahili traders.
-Slave trade led to the development of plantation agriculture.
-led to development of money economy
-Led to colonization of east Africa
-Intermarriage between Kenyan communities.
-Cultural interactions such as dance and languages where borrowing of lifestyles was realized.
-Volume of local and regional trade increased due to variety on new goods introduces.
-A class of wealthy merchants emerged, such as Chief Kivoi of Ukambani.
-Foreign goods such as beads, cloth and plates were introduced to the peoples of East Africa.
-New crops were introduced in the Kenyan coast, for example, bananas, rice, sugarcane and mangoes from outside Africa.
-Islam and Islamic culture was introduced to the interior by Arab and Swahili traders.
-Slave trade led to the development of plantation agriculture.
-led to development of money economy
-Led to colonization of east Africa
-Intermarriage between Kenyan communities.
-Cultural interactions such as dance and languages where borrowing of lifestyles was realized.
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