The Cause of Bantu's Migration Essay

Throughout history, groups of people have been forced into migration. In Africa, beginning at least 2,000 years ago small groups of Bantu speaking people began spreading south and east. Many things have come out of this migration.??The cause of the Bantu migration is uncertain, but many anthropologists believe it was caused by an increase in population. The population was increased as a result of the development of agriculture and the introduction of new crops. Which allowed a more efficient source of food production than hunting and gathering did. Because of the enlarged population more food was required. So the earliest of the Bantu speakers planted more land, and soon there wasnt enough land to go around. The Bantu could not go north in search of land, because the area was highly populated and was undergoing desertification. So people started moving eastward and southward.With in only 1,500 years Bantu speakers had populated much of the southern half of Africa. They shared their skills and ideas with the people they met, and adapted new methods to adjust to the new environments. The Bantu followed the Congo River through the rain forests. There they farmed the riverbanks, which was the only place suitable to support agriculture. As the Bantu moved eastward into savannas, they learned new techniques from herding goats and sheep to raising cattle. Some farming methods exhausted the land, and the search for fertile soil kept them on the move. Territorial wars broke out as the Bantu speakers spread south. The Bantu speakers also intermarried with the people they joined. This intermingling created new cultures with unique customs and traditions. Effects of the migration still affect Africa today with over 60 million people who speak one of the hundreds of Bantu languages.Beginning in about 1,000 BC and ending sometime in 3rd or 4th century AD, the Bantu migration was one of the largest in human history. Technological development, economic pressure, and environmental change are thought to...

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