Complex sentence: Trade with the Near East and Europe led to strong mercantile empires growing such as the Ethiopian kingdom of Axum, the Bantu built the impressive site of Great Zimbabwe between the 10th and 15th centuries AD.
Split into simpler sentences: Trade with the Near East and Europe led to strong mercantile empires growing such as the Ethiopian kingdom of Axum. The Bantu built the impressive site of Great Zimbabwe between the 10th and 15th centuries AD.