Swahili City–States
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800 miles
0
IN kilometers
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N
AFRICA
AWSA
Nile
10ºN
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OYO 400
ETHIOPIA
DARFUR
ASIA
a
Se
0
WADAI
Bl u e
Swahili region
Lake
Swahili
city-state Chad
HAUSA
STATES
KANEM–
Other
empires
BORNU
Trade route
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Re
SONGHAI
40ºE
S A H A R A
AIR
OROMO
-S
CITY
LUBA
10ºS
Ndzuwani
Ibo
Quelimane
Sofala
AFRICA
3 The city-states constantly competed
with each other for trade.
30ºS
0º
10ºE
20ºE
30ºE
20ºS
Ma
GREAT
ZIMBABWE
ASIA
ar
MWENEMUTAPA
20ºS
EUROPE
10ºS
S
2 The Swahili city-states traded African
goods, such as gold and ivory, for goods
from Persia, India, and China.
S
W
ATLAN TIC
OCEAN
E
asc
LUNDA
AH
ILI
KONGO
T
Lake
Victoria
T
dag
0º
Mogadishu
Brava EQUATOR
0º
Chisimayu
Lamu
Malindi
Mombasa
Pemba
Zanzibar
Mafia
Kilwa
A
1 The Swahili are descended from
Bantu and Arab ancestors.
40ºE
IND IAN
OC EAN
N
30ºS
50ºE
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