State two factors which enabled traders from Arabia to come to the coast before 1500A.D.

      

State two factors which enabled traders from Arabia to come to the coast before 1500A.D.

  

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gideon
? Accessibility to the coast by sea.
? Availability of dhows and sailing ships.
? Funds to finance trade across the sea.
? Existence of monsoon winds.

OR

1. The Indian ocean provided the highway through which the traders traveled
2. The traders had the skill of harnessing the monsoon winds (trade winds) they knew what time of the year to come to the Kenyan coast and what time to go back.
3. The traders had marine technology e.g. had ship- building technology and new how to use the compass for navigation of the ocean
gideon1 answered the question on September 29, 2017 at 17:05


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