After the civil war, many freed slaves became cattle ranchers. cattle ranchers at the time could use open-range ranching, or ranching on free government lands. why was this type of ranching so popular? a. the government gave ranchers cattle to raise. b. the government paid ranchers to use its land. c. government land was more fertile than private land. d. a rancher did not need to own land.

swahili is an extremely rich and complex civilization, a set of ethnic groups articulated by a language and a series of cultural elements that fuse the african traditions, islam and indian culture. this growth was largely a result of the indian ocean trading network that brought in not just man-made riches, but also religious ideas, specifically islam, which had a significant impact on the local culture. furthermore, the development of the swahili language gave a common cultural unity to the people.

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