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"--

List of contents

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.

Summary

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.

Foreword

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

Product details

• Authors: Chapurukha M. Kusimba, Chapurukha M. (University of South Florid Kusimba, Kusimba Chapurukha M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2024
• EAN: 9781009074056
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0907405-6
• No. of pages: 106
• Series: Elements in the Global Middle Ages
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / World, East Africa, General & world history, Indian Ocean, European history: medieval period, middle ages, kiSwahili (Swahili)