Analyze Changes And Changes In Long Distance Trade Between 600 Ce To 1600 C. E.

During the period between 600 C.E. and 1600 C.E. in Africa, there were many changes in long distance trade as well as aspects of long distance trade that remained the same. At this time, trade relationships that stretched across the south Saharan region had developed. Throughout this time period, the secureness of trade in Africa and the types of goods traded remained a constant trend. While these aspects remained the same, the change came to be the development of overseas African trade networks.

A major continuity in African trading history was the secureness of trade. Due to the domestication of camels in the centuries before 600 C.E. and the help of oases which provided resting and watering stops for caravans, the regularity of the trans-Saharan trade improved. Additionally, there were natural break-points: trade

Along with the African states, the kingdom of Axum in Christian Ethiopia dominated the African trade networks of the Red Sea and Arabian Sea. However, after the rise of Islam, Arab traders began to control the flow of goods and trade, and finally, after the ninth century, Arab merchants provided the link between the traders of East Africa and the Indian Ocean. Major ports began to pop up along the eastern coast of Africa- Manda and Kilwa- and along came the port of Sofala, controlled by the Arab dynasty. Through local African merchants, the Arab traders conducted trade with the people further inland Africa. From these inland sources, goods were transported to coastal ports and shipped to Arabia and India. Due to the development of overseas trade between Africa and the Indian Ocean, the Swahili language of the African peoples adapted Arabic vocabulary of the Indian traders, ensuring Swahili as the dominant language of coastal