Each society’s success during this period of time was based on trust. They must have trust with members of high standing officials in their own society, they also needed trust from other societies to have successful trading deals. The Kilwa Swahili Trading Lineage had to rely on their negotiating skills during this period of time. They had to gain power through successfully trading with societies around them. Their decisions on offering credit and organizing trade movements of slaves were important to gaining trust from other societies. The Yao Headmen had several key factors that defined their perspective in the slave trade. They did not have a strong military, which limited their options of acquiring slaves. There were several important and high ranking families in this society that influenced …show more content…
The Swahili Traders were trying to deliver to the Yao Traders to gain power between these groups. This simulation gave both the Yao Headmen and the Swahili choices to make to determine their outcome. For example, the trade simulation explained, “the Yao Headmen could take slaves from the Makua people, use criminals from their own society, or acquire them from the Portuguese in Tete”. This simulation gives the Swahili Traders several decisions to make. The simulation explain, “the Swahili people had to examine the market price of slaves, determine if they wanted to offer credit to the Yao Traders, and settle negotiations with the Yao Traders”. The Swahili people were concerned with gaining power and trust from the Zanzibari Indian Traders which they needed help from the Yao Headmen in delivering slaves to them. The simulation shows us that everyone is linked together, “the Swahili Traders were trying to gain respect and trust from the Zanzibari Indian Traders; and the Yao Traders wanted to maintain trust with the Swahili Traders since they are the middleman, but they were depended on the Zanzibari Indian Traders to set a fair price”.