Explain the main results of migration and settlement of the Abaluhya in western Kenya by 1800 AD.
Answer Text: -Increase in volume of trade with their neighbours.-Brought about intercommunity conflicts and wars over land for cultivation and grazing.-Inter-married with the Nandi resulting to a new dialect, the Teriki.-Cultural borrowing and adoption. The Abaluhya adopted the Kalenjin system of age-sets and initiation.-Exchange and adoption of economic activities. The Nandi land crop cultivation from Abaluhya while Abaluhya adopted pastoralism from the Nandi.-The nilotes learnt the knowledge of iron smelting from the Abaluhya.
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