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1 Indian Ocean Trade – Swahili Coast Questions:
What were the main city-states of the Swahili Coast? What were these states’ main exports and imports? Why were they ideal centers of trade? How did Swahili develop? Who was the first European to reach the Swahili Coast? When? For what reasons might the end of the Pax Mongolica have resulted in the appearance of Europeans on the Eastern Coast of Africa? What were the ultimate goals of the Portuguese, as it concerns the Swahili Coast? On the map, what appears to dictate voyages to and from India?

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