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Explain the results of the Indian Ocean trade.

Answer Text:
-Some African communities living along the coast were converted into Muslims.
-Led to development of towns along the Kenyan coast, such as, Mombasa, Malindi, Lamu, among others.
-Arab-Muslim culture spread along the Kenyan coast.
-Arab immigrants intermarried with indigenous inhabitants giving rise to the rise Swahili community.
-Muslim system of government (Sharia) was introduced at the coast.
-The coming of Arabs stimulated growth of trade between coastal towns and the outside world.
-Arabs traders and others introduced new crops along the Kenyan coast, e.g. cloves.
-Slave trade brought about wars among communities.
-Slave trade and slavery led to depopulation of the region.