The Migration of Culture

Given the lack of technology at the time, how did the Bantu languages spread?

The Bantu languages spread drastically quick and distant throughout the regions surrounding its origin. While there is not a concrete answer as to how the language became so prevalent and dominating in societies, historians have many theories to answer the question. As civilizations and populations expanded, looking for more, bigger, and resourceful territories to live in, people naturally grew and wandered off to other places in search of a more suitable and "better" life. They cannot control what comes along with them, though. Especially in large groups, which is the case with the ones who speak such languages, they rely on their previous and established culture to guide them through areas which are unfamiliar and undeveloped, to them. Therefore, where ever the population settled at the end, they brought along their culture and lived accordingly so until the assimilated and comprehended the new culture which they were dropped into. As it takes time to understand and live by new cultures, it allowed for much of their previous culture, including their languages, to catch onto society and spread, as it was something new and very significant at the time, since there was not a universal language worldwide; people wanted to develop a language system which could be used not only in their society but others around them. Therefore, wherever the population ended up, that is where they would impose and influence their language, in addition to many other cultural aspects, on the population which they intruded on. The mixing of cultures and expansion of societies have a direct relationship with each other, as one increases, the opposite one increases and reaches new heights which were never conceived of before the interaction of different people from cultural backgrounds began. Eventually, cultures expanding and populations rising led to many collaborations of people from an assortment of histories who had a diversity of knowledge, which established some of the universal cultural foundations which society lives by today.