Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
The sixteenth-century military conquest and settlement of major Swahili Coast city-states by Portuguese forces seeking to control Indian Ocean trade routes.
AP course connection
Topic 1.8: 1.8 Culture and Trade in Southern and East Africa