The Urban History of a Rural Place: Swahili Archaeology on Pemba Island, Tanzania, 700-1500 AD

[...] those that do exist suggest a different history in which Pemba was a core area of the Swahili coast in the late first millennium and early second millennium AD, when Swahili polities controlled the southwestern rim of the Indian Ocean trade system.1 Al-Mas'udi, for example, wrote of his v...

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Published in:	The International journal of African historical studies Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 433 - 455
Main Authors:	LaViolette, Adria, Fleisher, Jeffrey
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Boston University African Studies Center 01.01.2009 Boston University
Subjects:	13th century 16th century African studies Archaeological excavation Archaeological surveys Archaeology Architecture Coasts Elites Excavations Farmers History Island settlements Islands Marginality Middle Ages Millennium Mosques Portuguese language Religion Royalty Rural areas Rural communities Social archaeology Swahili language Tanzania Theme Towns Urban areas Urban history Visitors Zanzibar Africa Tanzania
ISSN:	0361-7882, 2326-3016
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