HistoryClass 11CBSE
Q
Describe in brief the role of foreign trade in the growth of civilisation.
A
- The foreign traders brought many factors with them. These factors mingled with the Sudanic, Hemeatic and Arab elements. Thus, a new culture having its own distinct entity developed there.
- The foreign traders influenced the people of coastal regions of East Africa.
- The influence of foreign trade introduced many patterns of construction of forts, mosques and tombs.
- The language ‘Swahili’ was the intermixture of Bantu and Arabic languages.