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A Thousand Years of East Africa

von John Edward Giles Sutton

History

ISBN

1872566006

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Erschienen

01.01.1970

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East Africa Eastern Africa history BIEA Ntusi Interlacustrine kingdoms Engaruka Rift Escarpment Siriwake Maasai Revolution Swahili towns Islam Kilwa Husuni Kubwa Zimbabwe gold trade Salt industry Iron industry African history Medieval Africa Irrigation Livestock specialists Archaeology Cultural heritage Historical development African trade 11th century 14th century African kingdoms Swahili culture Historical analysis African studies Regional history Historical anthropology.

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In reviewing the work of the BIEA this volume summarises the history and development of Eastern Africa. Prominent subjects include: the town of ntusi in the 11-14th cents, and the background to the inter lacustrine kingdoms; irrigation cultivators at Engaruka below the rift escarpment 300 to 500 years ago; the Siriwake livestock specialists in the high grasslands until the Maasai Revolution; salt and iron industries through the ages; the flowering of Swahili towns and their place in the world of islam; Kilwa, the 14th century palace of Husuni Kubwa and the Zimbabwe gold trade.