WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following was one of the major “port” cities of the Swahili coast?
A
Benin
B
Kumba-Saleh
C
Great Zimbabwe
D
Mombasa
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Today Dar es Salaam and Mombasa are the biggest port cities on the Swahili Coast; both have been significantly transformed by industrial development as well as by the migration of upcountry Africans.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mombasa, city and chief port of Kenya, situated on a coralline island in a bay of the Indian Ocean. The island is linked to its mainland municipal territory of 100 square miles (259 square km) by causeway, bridge, and ferry and has an area of 5.5 square miles (14.25 square km).

Detailed explanation-3: -The Swahili Coast-a narrow strip of land that stretches along the eastern edge of Africa from Somalia in the north to Mozambique in the south-is an area with a long and unique cultural history.

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