HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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An Arab Lawyer from Morocco who traveled throughout the Muslim World
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A Muslim Leader
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The language and culture of East Africa’s coast
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A group of descended from the same ancestor
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The leader of Mali who made a pilgrimage to Makkah
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Detailed explanation-1: -This coastal region, which today stretches along the eastern edge of Africa from Somalia in the north to Mozambique in the south, is known as the Swahili Coast and is home to a unique culture and language-a multicultural polyglot of African, Arab, and Indian Ocean peoples.
Detailed explanation-2: -Swahili coast cultures are diverse African cultures, made up of a confluence of peoples. They are traders and farmers, cattle keepers, & fisher people who have moved and interacted across land and sea for centuries (see chronology table below), and importantly, before the rise of Islam in the late 8th century.
Detailed explanation-3: -Swahili language, also called kiSwahili, or Kiswahili, Bantu language spoken either as a mother tongue or as a fluent second language on the east coast of Africa in an area extending from Lamu Island, Kenya, in the north to the southern border of Tanzania in the south.
Detailed explanation-4: -Swahili culture is the culture of the Swahili people inhabiting the Swahili Coast. They speak Swahili as their native language, which belongs to the Niger-Congo family.