As Thomas Huffman (an archaeologist working at Wits University) puts it, "The enormous wealth generated through the Indian Ocean trade resulted in an unprecedented inequality, and ruling families became an upper class.
Sa zwe Thomas Huffman (ano ita zwa ngudo dza vhathu atshi khou shuma Wits University) azwi vheisa zwone, "lunwe lupfumo lu sa ḓivhei lwa dzhena nga zwa thengiso ya Indian Ocean zwa ḓisa kha zwithu zwine zwo vha zwi si zwavhuḓi, nahone miṱa ine ya vha na lupfumo ndi yone ine yo vha i tshi langa."