Question

Which East African location is represented by the following clues?

-The town's merchants handled export trade items such as gold, copper, iron, coconuts, ivory and rhino horn
-rulers sometimes minted gold and copper coins in foreign currencies and the city-state became wealthy from taxes and profits on trade
-The location converted to Islam and their language is a mix of the local language and Arabic
Please help!

Answer 1

Answer: 4. Kilwa

Step-by-step explanation:

Kilwa was a city located in what is now Tanzania and was founded by people from Arabia and Persia. With the founders being Muslim, the location converted to Islam and spoke a mixed language of Arabic and local dialects.

Kilwa's position by the coast made it a great trade city where merchants exported items such as gold, copper and rhino horn and sometimes rulers even minted gold coins in foreign currencies so that people may trade more efficiently in the city.