networks contributions to the Afro-Eurasian world. In 622 C.E.‚ Islam was founded which helped flourish trade. Once Islam was founded‚ trade increased because Islam linked Swahili city-states to the larger Indian Ocean which was an important part of the trade routes between Africa and Eurasia. In the Southern reaches of the Swahili world the birth of Islam extended the impact of the Indian Ocean trade well into the African interior. Trans Saharan trade brought Islam into East Africa and introduced writing
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Africa. By Deborah of Uganda 7th May 2008 Long Distance Trade was the trade between the East African coast and other interior states of Africa in the early 19th Century. In involved movement over long distances‚ the major participants were the Swahili speaking peoples of East Africa and the Arabs. The interior people included the Nyamwezi‚ the Kamba‚ the Yao tribes. They moved in caravans of 100 to 1‚000 people. Capital was provided by the Indian Bunyans who even gave out goods on credit.
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Popular music in the past could be divided in two parts namely the Swahili sound and the Congolese sound. Nowadays‚ newer varieties of music have arisen which are mostly derivatives of modern hip hop‚ rap and seggea. Furthermore‚ we have the Kenyan literature. Kenyan literature describes literature which comes from the African country of Kenya. Kenya has a long oral and written literary tradition‚ primarily in English and Swahili‚ the two official language of the country. One of the best known pieces
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The Hanseatic league was formed in the Baltic sea. Hansa ships sailed from the Baltic sea to the North Sea though the Sound and all the other Northern European countries‚ depending on them for supplies. They transported important raw materials like iron‚ lead‚ tin‚ copper‚ leather and grains such as rye oats and barley‚ and so on. Transporting these goods along the various trade routes was not always easy. While in interior Europe there were plenty of regular means of transportation‚ transportation
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The Indian Ocean is one of the oldest trade routes between Africa and Asia. During the early days of Indian Ocean trade‚ the buying and selling of goods took place only between the Swahili people living in East Africa and Arabs from Asia. Indian Ocean trade was made easy by the monsoon winds that circulated between Asia and the Eastern coast. These winds blew north to the south and from the south back to the north in a circular fashion. These winds change direction with the change of seasons. In
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Diseased slaves were transported through the Sahara‚ which helped spread major diseases such as small pox and the flu. Theme 2: Development of Interaction of Cultures Where there is interaction of people‚ there is interaction of cultures. The Swahili city-states were huge cultural centers in eastern Africa‚ where lots of interaction occurred. Their language itself was a mix of Arabic‚ Indian‚ and Bantu language. Also‚ Islam spread throughout Africa. Muslim merchants established communities in
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patterns of development. Additionally‚ once developed‚ those factors either encourage or impede cultural diffusion. Mountains caused the creation of city-states in Greece and hindered cultural diffusion while the location of East Africa led to small Swahili States and encouraged cultural diffusion. Greece encompasses a peninsula that is covered by mountain ranges. These mountains severely impacted the development of that region. These mountains split up the land‚ which led to the creation of small
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Jonathon Martin Period 1 Chapter 8 Questions 1. Long-distance commerce acted as a motor of change in pre-modern world history by altering consumption and daily life. Essential food and useful tools such as salt were traded from the Sahara desert all the way to West Africa and salt was used as a food preserver. Some incenses essential to religious ceremonies were traded across the world because there was a huge demand for them. Trade diminished economic self-sufficiency by creating a reliance on
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very significant. This trade began in 300 B.C.E. This trade’s development including also the continuities and changes were knowledge of the monsoon‚ compass‚ astrolabes‚ better ship buildings‚ the spread of Dar Al-Islam trade centers in calculated Swahili city states and trade of luxury goods between Arabs‚ Africans and Indians. The currents and monsoons an important role and affected how the trade went about. The currents at first blew the traders off course but they later on the traders learned the
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PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THE PROBLEMS FACED WITH TEACHING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE An analysis of the obstacles in the way of effective pupil-centred teaching and learning of the English language in Tanzanian government primary school with recommendations Katy Allen MBE Director‚ Village Education Project Kilimanjaro Presented at The Forum on Community of Practice of Learner Centred Learning in Tanzania held at the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference Centre‚ Kurasini 18th – 19th August 2008 PRIMARY
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