HISTORY REFERENCE NOTES FOR BOTH ACSEE AND CSEE

 the following are important dates and years about the Portuguese conquest in east Africa 1498 Conquest of Portuguese begun at the coast of East Africa under Vasco-Da Gama.  1499 Vasco-Da Gama returned to Portugal and informed leaders of the richness of the coast of East Africa.  1500, Pedro Alvares made an unsuccessful effort to take over Sofala.  1502, Vasco-Da Gama returned to the coast of East Africa to begin actual taking over.  In 1503, Roy Laurenco Ravasco another Portuguese came and captured Mafia, Zanzibar and Pemba Islands.  1504 Lopez Surez another person from Portugal attacked Kilwa.  1505 Francisco D’Almeida was on his way to India, before, he made a stop over at the coast of East Africa and attacked Sofala, Kilwa and Mombasa.  From 1505-1507, Triasto De Carville still from Portugal captured Lamu, Kismayo, Brava, Pate, Oja, and others.  1509, the Islands of Mafia, .Pemba and Zanzibar were brought under Portuguese control.  In 1510 almost the entire East African coast was u