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Highlight five factors which facilitated the coming of early visitors to the coast of east Africa.

Answer Text:
-Use of monsoon winds which blew their ships/dhows from east coast of Africa.
-Knowledge of marine technology, for example, boat making.
-Knowledge of the continents by use of the Atlas.
-Accessibility of the Kenyan coast by sea.
-Deep harbours which enabled ships to anchor.
-Knowledge of weather patterns. They could predict wind movements.
-The invention of compass direction.