The Swahili : the social landscape of a mercantile society

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The Swahili : the social landscape of a mercantile society

Mark Horton and John Middleton

(The peoples of Africa)

Blackwell Publishers, 2000

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • The Swahili Coast
  • Origins
  • The acceptance of Islam
  • The Swahili Coast and the Indian Ocean world
  • The trading system of the Swahili Coast
  • The urban landscape
  • The social networks
  • Governance
  • Knowledge, purity and power
  • Constructing the mercantile landscape

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