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Review the Main Ideas

1. Question

   What types of economic, social, and political structures were found in the kingdoms and states along the west coast and in the Sudan?

   What types of economic, social, and political structures were found in the kingdoms and states along the west coast and in the Sudan?

2. Question

   How did the arrival of Europeans and other foreign cultures affect the East African coast, and how did Ethiopia and the Swahili city-states respond to these incursions?

   How did the arrival of Europeans and other foreign cultures affect the East African coast, and how did Ethiopia and the Swahili city-states respond to these incursions?

3. Question

   What role did slavery play in African societies before the transatlantic slave trade began, and what was the effect of European involvement?

   What role did slavery play in African societies before the transatlantic slave trade began, and what was the effect of European involvement?