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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.
ISBN
063118919X
Published
Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2000.
Physical Description
282 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-273) and index.
Contents
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
Social networks
Governance
Knowledge, purity and power
Constructing the mercantile landscape.
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