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- Early Contacts with Middle East and Far East
The Early contacts were facilitated through legitimate trade, the second phase of Contacts (from 10[sup]th[/sup] century onwards) included slaves among the commodities taken from East African coast.
Motives influenced visitors from Middle East and Far East
- Social Motives
- Spreading of Islamic religion, Islam religion began in the Middle East in 7[sup]th[/sup] AD from there it spread to many parts of Asia. And Arabs wanted to spread their religion to new parts of the world including Africa.
- Seeking refuge, some visitors who came to Africa experienced religion and political persecution in their countries so they came in search of peacefully place to settle.
- Establishment of settlement, some visitors decided to live permanently in Africa especially along the coast and they built permanent stone houses in the Arabic style.
- Economic Motives
- Commercial exploration, some of the early visitors came to explore Africa and assess its resources. They wanted to know the climatic conditions, mineral resources, wildlife and economic activities found on the African continent. They plan to exploit resources available.
- Trade, Many of the early visitors were interested in products from Africa to take back to their home countries