Coastal Bantu farmers (Kwale ware)

Coastal Bantu farmers (Kwale ware) appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Swahili Coast and East Africa (Central and Southern Africa) from c. 100 to 800 CE, a span of 700 years. Its people spoke Bantu languages (Kongo, Shona, Zulu, Swahili, Luba, Ganda).

Early Iron Age farmers making Kwale ware pottery settled the hills behind the Kenya and Tanzania coast around the 2nd century CE. Their descendants include the Swahili and the Mijikenda.

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Facts

Dates: c. 100 to 800 CE
Duration: 700 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Swahili Coast and East Africa, Central and Southern Africa
Language family: Bantu

Neighbours in Central and Southern Africa

Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
Abbasid Caliphate 750 to 1258 CE, Middle East

Questions

When did Coastal Bantu farmers (Kwale ware) exist?

c. 100 to 800 CE, about 700 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Coastal Bantu farmers (Kwale ware)?

Swahili Coast and East Africa, in Central and Southern Africa.

What language did Coastal Bantu farmers (Kwale ware) speak?

Bantu. This family includes Kongo, Shona, Zulu, Swahili, Luba, Ganda.