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    Seeing some people in the replies who don't know history so your friendly neighborhood anime man is here to help! 😁
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      Basically, between 600 and 1500, the Swahili city states in East Africa became incredibly prosperous and important centers for culture and trade.
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        Located on the coast of the Indian ocean they regularly with other major civilizations. During this time there were many recorded incidents of black people ending up in India, China, and yes, Japan. Africa is not this isolated, backwards continent. It is part of history.
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          Drew my own map because most maps don't actually point out where these things where or that they were important historically, but any search for trade routes during these times will get you similar results
          oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API