Why the location of the swahili coast made it a center of trade ?

The Swahili coast became a center of trade very quickly after the sea routes between Europe and Asia were established through the Indian Ocean. This coast was located in the eastern part of Africa, occupying the coastlines of the modern day countries of Tanzania, Mozambique, Kenya, and Somalia. It managed to develop very quickly and became very important because it was the most important stoppage place between Europe and Asia. This led to lot of contact with the Europeans and Asian, resulting in lot of new ideas and tech nologies to be introduced in this area. Also, the people from this area used the opportunity to trade with their goods that were attractive and valuable, so they managed to get lot of wealth as well through trade.  

uncle sam would be tossing and turning in his grave : *)

when a country suffers, for example, a drought period, the market product is affected for a low offer, in this case, potatoes; the government has to tax to the households, which have to give more money for the potatoes which they consume, that situation make them consume substitute goods even through loans, it could increase the financial market movement and the inflationary phenomena, the business has to increase salaries in order to the employees could buy a more expensive food (potatoes) and in order to inflation tha business had to buy expensive supplies in the factor market, while the rest of the world have to gain more money to consume the same amount of potatoes.