Peoples Analysis Of The Bantu

Peoples Analysis Of: The Bantu 2000 B.C.E. – Modern Times Location: Africa, mostly Southern The Bantu’s important neighbors were extremely powerful and wealthy civilizations. • The Romans • The Greeks • The Spaniards • The Arabs • The Syrians Strengths: • A certain unification of people, sharing many of the same languages but in a different dialect. • Being able to spread Bantu language, practices, and traditions throughout the north and south of the equator, due to special occupations such as merchants, who speak Bantu language. • The spread of their language lead to expansion and growth in populations. Weaknesses: • The Bantu was not “united” under one system. They live by certain belles and practices, but never had a system of politics that controlled people. This helped with the expansion of the Bantu eastward, and westward and the growth of population and agricultural related and economic related innovations. However, because they were not a “civilization” they were able to mix with preexisting peoples, who in turn mixed theirs with the Bantu practices. Thus making the original culture seemingly disperse. Impact on Neighbors: • The Bantu did not have a magnificently big impact on its neighbors; especially the farther ones such as Rome and Greece. They id not effect their closer neighbors such as the Syrians and the Arabs much either. They however affected them economic wise, as the sub Saharan trade route was in the original Bantu region. Their neighbors were able to grow economically and gain more wealth through this routes. Legacy: • The Bantu peoples left a lasting impression. The Bantu language evolved into many languages that are still spoken today, such as Swahili, Ganda, and Kongo. The Bantu language also has words that were incorporated into the English language such as: banjo, bongos, jumbo, mumbo, conga, safari, and zombie. The Bantu language itself is now used as a resource for the ongoing debates of dead languages. The Bantu language consists of many languages some now permanently forgot, because there are no speakers left. Some languages are recorded to only have 400 speakers, most of them elders.