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the Zanj Uprising, 869-83

Arab explorers and traders established ports and bases along Africa’s southeastern coast; a favorable wind pattern made it easy to sail from there to India, where they traded regularly. The Bantu-speaking tribes who settled southern Africa were mostly cattle herders … Continue reading

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