History, Madagascar

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The written history of Madagascar began in the seventh century A.D., when Arabs established trading posts along the northwest coast. However, the first people who came to Madagascar were from south east asia, mostly from the Indonesian islands; they arrived in around the fourth century CE, probably via East Africa. This explains the malagasy features which are a mixture of Asian and African, as well as of the Arabs who came later. Because of tropical storms which commonly affect the coast, some early settlers left the coast and went to live in the centre of the island in the mountains where the weather is cooler and less windy. The people who live in the mountains today have preserved many of the Asian features.

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