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c. 750 CEMuslim traders from Arabia begin to settle on the Swahili Coast.
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c. 1100 CE - c. 1500 CE
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1498 CE - 1499 CEThe Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sails around the Cape of Good Hope and up the eastern coast of Africa.
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1505 CEThe Portuguese begin to attack cities and build forts along the Swahili Coast in order to control trade.
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750 CE: Muslim traders from Arabia begin to settle on the Swahili Coast.
1100 CE - 1500 CE: The trading city-states of Africa's Swahili Coast flourish.
1498 CE - 1499 CE: The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sails around the Cape of Good Hope and up the eastern coast of Africa.
1505 CE: The Portuguese begin to attack cities and build forts along the Swahili Coast in order to control trade.
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