The seas there were too rough for the dhows and the monsoon winds too weak. Hostile tribes in the south kept merchants from establishing cities. Tropical diseases in the south made it too dangerous for people to live there. The southern part of the coast had been colonized by the French.

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The seas there were too rough for the dhows and the monsoon winds too weak.
Hostile tribes in the south kept merchants from establishing cities.
Tropical diseases in the south made it too dangerous for people to live there.
The southern part of the coast had been colonized by the French.
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Why didn’t the trading ports of the Swahili coast extend along the full length of the coast of Africa?
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