Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 6, Lesson 2: The Rise of Coastal Trading States (pp. 141-144)
I. Sailing with the Winds
A. Trade between seafaring Arabs and coastal East Africans became well-established about 200 B.C.
B. Arab merchants learned to use seasonal winds to sail between Indian and African ports.
C. The Swahili culture arose from contact between Africans and the Arabian, Persian, and Indonesian traders.
B. Many Swahili trading ports became wealthy city-states.
B. In 1505, the Portuguese fleet conquered many of the city-states and sought to control their trade and plunder their wealth.
C. By the late 1500s, Swahili groups had regained control of several ports from the Portuguese.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
II. The Rise of City-States
A. Inland African groups brought gold and other precious goods to the Swahili in the coastal cities to trade for foreign goods.
III. From Riches to Ruin
A. By the 1400s, East African port cities were wealthy communities with mosques, palaces, and stone houses.
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