Early Exchange between Africa and the Wider Indian Ocean World
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Policy, History, World History
| Author: | ISBN: | 9783319338224 | |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing | Publication: | December 19, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9783319338224 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Publication: | December 19, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This volume comprises a selection of essays by scholars from a variety of disciplines that discuss the exchange relationship between Africa and the wider Indian Ocean world (IOW), a macro-region running from East Africa to China, from early times to about 1300 CE. The rationale for regarding this macro-region as a “world” is the central significance of the monsoon system which facilitated the early emergence of long-distance trans-IOW maritime exchange of commodities, peoples, plants, animals, technologies and ideas.
This volume comprises a selection of essays by scholars from a variety of disciplines that discuss the exchange relationship between Africa and the wider Indian Ocean world (IOW), a macro-region running from East Africa to China, from early times to about 1300 CE. The rationale for regarding this macro-region as a “world” is the central significance of the monsoon system which facilitated the early emergence of long-distance trans-IOW maritime exchange of commodities, peoples, plants, animals, technologies and ideas.
