The Omani Sultanate’s control over Zanzibar led to

Q: The Omani Sultanate’s control over Zanzibar led to

The Omani Sultanate's control over Zanzibar led to The establishment of a major center for the East African slave trade ✓ The complete cessation of the slave trade in the region The creation of a unified East African political entity The widespread conversion of Zanzibar to Christianity Explanation Zanzibar became East Africa's largest slave trading center under Omani control. Slaves from the interior were sold in Zanzibar's markets. Arabs, Europeans, and others bought slaves there for export. The slave trade actually expanded, not stopped. No unified East African entity was created. Zanzibar remained predominantly Muslim, not Christian. This tragic trade devastated inland African communities. Zanzibar's economy depended heavily on this immoral commerce.

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The Omani Sultanate’s control over Zanzibar led to

The establishment of a major center for the East African slave trade ✓
The complete cessation of the slave trade in the region
The creation of a unified East African political entity
The widespread conversion of Zanzibar to Christianity

Explanation

Zanzibar became East Africa’s largest slave trading center under Omani control. Slaves from the interior were sold in Zanzibar’s markets. Arabs, Europeans, and others bought slaves there for export.

The slave trade actually expanded, not stopped. No unified East African entity was created. Zanzibar remained predominantly Muslim, not Christian.

This tragic trade devastated inland African communities. Zanzibar’s economy depended heavily on this immoral commerce.

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