Swahili Worlds in Globalism

"Discusses a medieval African urban society as a product of interactions among African communities who inhabited the region between 100 BCE and 500 CE. Positioned as the gateway into and out of eastern Africa, the Swahili coast became a site through which people, inventions, and innovations bi-directionally migrated, were adopted, and evolved"--

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: Swahili Worlds: A Medieval African Urban Civilization; 1. Foundations of a Medieval African Urban Civilization; 2. The Rise of the Medieval Swahili State; 3. What Was the Medieval East African World Like?; 4. Global Connections; 5. Asian Connections; 6. Who Were the Medieval East Africans?; Appendices.

Zusammenfassung

Discusses a medieval African urban society as a product of interactions among African communities who inhabited the region between 100 BCE and 500 CE. Positioned as the gateway into and out of eastern Africa, the Swahili coast became a site through which people, inventions, and innovations bi-directionally migrated, were adopted, and evolved.

Vorwort

This Element explains how African towns, cities, villages, and hinterlands were integrated into the global networks of the medieval period.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Chapurukha M. Kusimba, Chapurukha M. (University of South Florid Kusimba, Kusimba Chapurukha M.
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.01.2024
• EAN: 9781009495080
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0949508-0
• Seiten: 106
• Serie: Elements in the Global Middle Ages
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; HISTORY / World, East Africa, General & world history, Indian Ocean, European history: medieval period, middle ages, kiSwahili (Swahili)