HIAF 3051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tsetse Fly, Political Geography, Arabian Peninsula

• School: University of Virginia
• Department: History-African History
• Course: HIAF 3051
• Professor: James La Fleur

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9/13/18: 6(cid:1007)(cid:1006) = muha(cid:373)(cid:373)ad"s death = (cid:271)i(cid:396)th of isla(cid:373) In arabian peninsula (red sea part of saudi arabia) Incentive to obtain a better-balanced diet (ex: fishermen) Introduction of camels = beginning of trans-saharan trade: made sahara a favored region for cheap transportation. Incentivized nomads to trade with sedentary farmers for grain, cloth and metals because they could not produce these items due to their constant movement. Incentivized owners or specialist producers of rare commodoties to move along trade routes: e(cid:454): de(cid:374)di of southe(cid:396)(cid:374) nige(cid:396) = sp(cid:396)ead salt alo(cid:374)g thei(cid:396) t(cid:396)ade (cid:374)et(cid:449)o(cid:396)k (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e such large network that the language became dominant over much of present. British colony of gambia and the independent republic that succeeded it: hierarchy of cities involved in trade -> led to tensions and violence, example: cities involved in gold trade and their hierarchical status: 1. Af(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:863) (cid:894)page (cid:1013)(cid:1012)(cid:895: two courses of introduction of islam to africa, 1. Northern africa: ruling elite, settled in garrisons: 2.