What were the effects of long distance trade on the people of East Africa?

      

What were the effects of long distance trade on the people of East Africa?

  

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John
1. Led to colonisation of East Africa

2. Intermarriage between Kenyan communities

3. Cultural interaction e.g. dance and language

4. Led to development of money economy

5. A lot of suffering as a result of slave trade in the interior

6. Towns developed into commercial centres e.g. Mombasa, Lamu

7. Volume of local and regional trade increased due to the variety of new goods introduced

8. A class of wealthy merchants emerged e.g. Chief Kivoi of Ukambani

9. Foreign goods such as beads, cloth and plates were introduced to the peoples of East Africa

10. New crops were introduced in the Kenyan coast e.g. bananas, rise, sugarcane and mangoes

11. Slave trade led to the development of plantation agriculture

12. Trade routes and market developed in the region-later used as highways by the British
johnmulu answered the question on January 27, 2017 at 11:31


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