3. • Cities developed along this route to protect it
• Swahili was a trade language that developed
• Swahili is a mix of many different languages
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3GU7v
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5. • Means great house of stone
• Thrived on raising cattle, exporting gold, slaves
and ivory
• The Great Enclosure was the most famous
stone structure in Zimbabwe
• Was abandoned in the 1450s
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7. Ch. 3 Sec. 3
Discussion Questions
• How did Islam spread the sub-Saharan Africa?
• How did the development of Swahili enhance
trade?
Editor's Notes
Empires developed to protect this profitable trade
Swahili -- 35% are arabic in origin
Also some English
Swahili made it possible to continue trade
Traded gold, slaves and ivory…Trade from India and China passed through Zimbabwe
Great enclosure built with no mortar…carefully cut and fitted together with precision
Survived over 700 years
Not sure why it went into decline and was abandoned.
