Arabs in Africa: 1400 to 1900: Africa

Arabs arrived in Africa around the 7th century C.E., through conquest in north and northeast Africa and trade on the east African coast. Despite their relatively small numbers, Arabs significantly influenced the societies within which they settled, just as they themselves ...

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