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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kusimba, Chapurukha Makokha (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
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?