Early Civilisation

Syllabus tag: Kenya CBC | Grade 8 Social Studies | Strand 3.0 People and Relationships | Sub-Strand 3.2 Early Civilisation (Asia, Europe) (8 lessons)

Lesson objectives

By the end of this sub-strand, you should be able to:

• Describe Swahili civilisation along the East African coast
• Show how best practices from early civilisations have contributed to the modern world
• Appreciate best practices of early civilisation to the development of the modern world

Summary

Long before modern nations existed, visitors from Asia and Europe reached the East African coast, and interaction with local communities helped shape Swahili civilisation — a distinctive culture of trading city-states. Studying how early visitors and local communities interacted shows how many of the practices we take for granted today have roots stretching back centuries.