Question

GIVE EVIDENCES THAT SHOWS THERE WERE VISITORS AT THE EAST AFRICAN COAST DURING THE AD 1500

Answer 1

• The Graeco- Roman Documentary which only makes indirect references to the east African coast.
• The Swahili chronicles written by the people of the coast. E.g the Kilwa chronicle gives account of achievements of coastal rulers before the arrival of the Portuguese.
• Periplus of the Erythrean Sea; by a Greek merchant in 1st Century AD describes the people and places along the coast and the Indian Ocean Trade. (Erythrean Sea Trade).