WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Between the 13th and 15th centuries, the relatively powerful Bantu-speaking states on a scale larger than local chiefdoms began to emerge in the Great Lakes region, in the savanna south of the Central African rainforest, and on the Zambezi river where the Monomatapa kings built the famous Great Zimbabwe complex.

Detailed explanation-2: -3000 BC to c. AD 500. It seems likely that the expansion of the Bantu-speaking people from their core region in West Africa began around 4000–3500 BC.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Bantu migration is defined as the movement of Bantu-speaking people from their Niger-Congo family. Although the date of their migration remains widely contested, most historians concur that it began in 1500 BCE.

Detailed explanation-4: -Between 1000 B.C-1100 A.D., East Africa experienced a wave of migrations from all throughout Africa. Over a period of 1000 years, groups moved away from their homeland which is now Cameroon. The Bantu, were a class of over 400 ethnic groups who spoke a similar language, and shared common customs.

Detailed explanation-5: -Overpopulation. exhaustion of local resources-agricultural land, grazing lands, forests, and water sources. increased competition for local resources. a spirit of adventure. tribal rivalries or family conflicts. climate change and other natural calamities affecting crops. famine. epidemics. More items