HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Eastern and Northern
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Eastern and Southern
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Northern and Southern
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Southern and Northern
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Detailed explanation-1: -During a wave of expansion that began 4, 000 to 5, 000 years ago, Bantu-speaking populations – today some 310 million people – gradually left their original homeland of West-Central Africa and traveled to the eastern and southern regions of the continent.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bantu-speakers in West Africa moved into new areas in very small groups, usually just families. But they brought with them the Bantu technology and language package-iron, crops, cattle, pottery, and more. These pioneers then shared their more advanced technologies (and, in the process, their languages) with the locals.
Detailed explanation-3: -What were the effects of the Bantu migration? The Bantu migration led to the introduction of religion and their language in the new areas. They also introduced a centralized government in the new areas where the king was the overall ruler.
Detailed explanation-4: -– The Eastern branch migrated through present-day Zimbabwe and Mozambique, down to South Africa. – The Western branch moved into what is now Angola, Namibia, and north-western Botswana. What are some effects of the Bantu migration on Sub-Saharan Africa???
Detailed explanation-5: -Pioneering groups had reached modern KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa by 300 CE along the coast, and the modern Limpopo Province (formerly Northern Transvaal) by 500 CE. The Bantu expansion.