In the past, what religion HEAVILY influenced the trade based in coastal East Africa?

Question

a.) Islam
b.) Christianity
c.) Bantu
d.) Indian

Answer 1

Islam ....the Arabs were the first foreigners on the east coast of Africa. As a matter of fact, Swahili as a language developed out of a need for the Arab and indeginoues people to communicate when trading. Roughly 65-70% of Swahili has Arabic loanwords......