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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Cambridge History of Africa Volume 3: c. 1050 to c. 1600di Roland Oliver (A cura di)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. As the series moves closer to contemporary history, the details expand and more complete historical narratives are possible. The most detailed historical accounts remain where there is greater interaction between the African population and Europeans, so the level of detail in North Africa still outweighs that of the rest of the continent. As Islam had a major impact on this region during this period, the religious conflicts and divisions is prominent. However, Islam did much to link Northern Africa politically and culturally to the East more than to the North and Europe. Trade and religious pilgrimage to Egypt and the Middle East did more to create the culture during this period than the more limited trade with the Europeans. Details increase as the European navigation and trade lead to more interaction with the rest of the land mass, even if that interaction tends to be limited to the coastal regions and the lands immediately surrounding them. The increase in trade lead to more interaction between the coastal peoples and those who inhabited the interior. In this early period, the goods of Africa remained the primary trade good, especially the previous metals. People groups become more defined, and while the lack of written history leaves much room for conjecture and imprecision, the history and movements of people in Western Africa in particular become more clear. Prominent kingdoms and people groups that would have a more marked impact in later history begin to appear. The interaction of Eastern Africa with the Arabian peninsula is prominent before the Eastern coast becomes the battleground of Europeans quest to control the trade to India and the Far East. The richness and the vitality of Yemen and Somalia is marked considering their seeming limited development. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Risorse esterne che parlano di questo libro Wikipedia in inglese (26)The five and a half centuries described in this volume were those in which Iron Age cultures passed from their early and experimental phases into stages of maturity characterized by long-distance trade and complex, many-tiered political systems. In Egypt and North Africa it was a period of religious and cultural consolidation when the Arabic language and the faith of Islam were adopted by the majority of the indigenous Copts and Berbers. In the sub-Saharan Savanna it was a period rather of penetration when Muslim merchants and clerics built up small but significant minorities of Negro African converts. Muslim migrants conquered the Nilotic Sudan, encircled Christian Ethiopia and settled the coastline of eastern Africa. But throughout the period African states, large and small, were strong enough, relatively, to control their visitors from the outside world. The main significance of the outsiders, whether Muslim or Christian, was as literate observers of the African scene. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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