TRUE FALSE • Cause: Bantu-speaking peoples migrated from the sleek-feathered one and Benue River Valleys. Effect: Bantu culture, including farming techniques and iron-working, spread throughout Central and Southern Africa, eventually reaching the Indian Coast. TRUE FALSE • Cause: In the fourth century, missionaries from the Byzantine Empire reached the Kingdom of Aksum. Effect: The ruler of Aksum adopted Islam, which encouraged Arab merchants to cross the Red Sea and begin establishing port cities along the African Coast.
TRUE FALSE • Cause: Africa has many natural resources, including gold, copper, iron, and salt, as well as navigable rivers that empty into the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Effect: African peoples were able to build civilizations without the influence of foreign peoples as they did not need to rely on trade to get resources that they needed. TRUE FALSE • Cause: Arab, Persian and Indian merchants mixed with Bantu-speaking African peoples when they established port cities such as Mogadishu and Mombasa. Effect: Swahili language and culture flourished in the city-states of the Swahili Coast, and remain a dominant influence in the region today. TRUE FALSE • Cause: Beginning in the 10th century, cattle-herding peoples migrated from the north to central Africa and settled in the region of the Great Lakes. Effect: A new social order emerged in which cattle-herders such as the Tutsi came to dominate local agricultural communities and established new kingdoms, such as Rwanda. really appreciate it if yall could help
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