Geography
Which Coast was Kilwas Kiswani and Swahili coast located?
East Coast
What was Kilwa Kisiwani and the Swahili Coast mostly known for?
Important trading center
What language does Kiswahili get loan words from?
Arabic
True or false, did people spread there to live?
True
What ocean did they trade across?
Indian Ocean
What are some of the items that were traded in Zanzibar?
Spices and once Ivory and Gold
Ideas + Religions
What ruler traveled here that we learned about earlier this year?
Zheng He
As a result of their popularity, what did they do to their coins?
Started minting their coinage
Where was the place that the pot pieces came from that were found on the Swahili Coast?
China
What two empires have archaeologists found connections between?
Roman Empire
Byzantine empire
What language has an inscription on the coins?
Arabic
What is a Dhow?
Wooden Boats that helped the people get up and down the coast
Name 3 places Kilwa Kisiwani and The Swahili Coast were connected to.
Arabian Peninsula, Southern Asia, Southern Europe, and Portugal
What country was a coin from Africa found off of?
Northern Australia/ Australia
In what ways did cultural diffusion affect the people of the Swahili Coast.
Islam
Kiswahili-swahili language combined with loan words from Arabic
Literacy
What did Sultan Suleiman's palace look like?
His personal home, 5 acres, 70,000 rooms, a hexagon pool, and space for traders/visitors