Question

___ was most popular religion in the commercial centers of west Africa and the Swahili city-states of east Africa. In the sixteenth century the trading city of Timbuktu had a prominent university for this religion.

Answer 1

Kaaba

Step-by-step explanation:

Islam was the largest religon of Swahili eastern Africa, as it was brought in by Arab traders from Oman, Yemen, Iraq, and more. The term Swahili literally translates to "People or person of the coast" in Arabic. Islam today is the majority religon in Somalia and is a huge minority in Kenya and Tanzania