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-...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2024.
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| Series: | Cambridge elements. Elements in the global Middle Ages.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Swahili worlds : a medieval African urban civilization
- Foundations of a medieval African urban civilization
- The rise of the medieval Swahili state
- What was the medieval East African world like?
- Global connections
- Asian connections
- Who were the medieval East Africans?