HIST 3410 Lecture Notes - Swahili Coast, Swahili Culture, Pepi Ii Neferkare
1 Dec 2013
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Hist 3410 pre- colonial africa october 28 2013. Swahili has the largest amount of speakers in southeastern africa. Mostly eastern africa but once you hit mozambique it is southern africa. Locations: all the way from the coast of somalia to kenya, rwanda, burundi, Swahili derives from arabic and derived from the word sahel and sahel means the coast. Pay attention to the historiography (for next class, what evidence there is etc. ) Pepi ii neferkere (2560 2476 bce) sent 11 expeditions to punt (swahili coast: egypt was interested in the region ^ and sent expeditions to get gold, slaves, elephants, etc, pepi ii neferkere. There were resources that egypt could use and acquire. Military level/ political level: military possession by egypt. Records indicate expeditions sent in 2450 bce by pharaoh sahure and by queen. Egypt at that time was the most powerful empire around: swahili coast was a apart of it.
