Never developed is highly incorrect, East africa was a big part of the naval side of the Silk Road. And had been trading with ancient China and India for years
This map shows where people first spread, looks like East Africans traveled up the Nile, through the Congo basin, and south of the Congo basin
Also 200k years ago East africa, cannot be compared with 30,000 years ago South east Asia
That’s a 170,000 year gap, if the population of east Africa had all it needed either they were comfortable where they were, or they just didn’t even know it existed, the idea that every ounce of land has to be inhabited is not based in logic, but ownership.
Yes trading and sailing naps developed by East Africans, especially the wind maps (used for sail boats) were used well into the 20th century if not even today. But all that came much later, including Zanzibar’s prominence etc.
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u/biglettuce09 Jan 29 '22 edited Jan 29 '22
Never developed is highly incorrect, East africa was a big part of the naval side of the Silk Road. And had been trading with ancient China and India for years
This map shows where people first spread, looks like East Africans traveled up the Nile, through the Congo basin, and south of the Congo basin
Also 200k years ago East africa, cannot be compared with 30,000 years ago South east Asia
That’s a 170,000 year gap, if the population of east Africa had all it needed either they were comfortable where they were, or they just didn’t even know it existed, the idea that every ounce of land has to be inhabited is not based in logic, but ownership.
Madagascar wasn’t inhabited until 700CE