WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Throughout the 14th century, trading cities grew into major international powers and included cities like Mogadishu, Mombasa, Gedi, Pate, Lamu, Zanzibar, and Kilwa.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Western Africa the major trade centers were cities such as Timbuktu, Gao, Agadez, Sijilmasas, and Djenne. Along the coast of North Africa sea port cities developed such as Marrakesh, Tunis, and Cairo. The port city of Adulis on the Red Sea was also an important trade center.

Detailed explanation-3: -Major cities developed as trade centers. In Western Africa the major trade centers were Timbuktu, Gao, Agadez, and Djenne. Seaport cities developed along the coast of North Africa, such as Marrakesh, Tunis, and Cairo.

Detailed explanation-4: -Great Zimbabwe was a medieval African city known for its large circular wall and tower. It was part of a wealthy African trading empire that controlled much of the East African coast from the 11th to the 15th centuries C.E.

Detailed explanation-5: -Kilwa, an island located off the coast of East Africa in modern-day southern Tanzania, was the most southern of the major Swahili Coast trading cities that dominated goods coming into and out of Africa from and to Arabia, Persia, and India.