The+Rise+of+Swahili

By: Emma Cardinal  ** HOME BIBLIOGRAPHY ESSAY INTRO PAGE **__NOTES__**  **Climate and Geographic factors ** Swahili is the harbor which runs along the east coast of Africa. Basic swahili information Swahili coast refers to the east african coast and its adjecent islands On the coast it is a 20 to 200 kilometer wide strip of land over 3000 kilometers long Is t from mogadishu in Somalia to the north Cape delgadoin Mozambique in the south swahili also consists of several islands in the indian ocean. They include: Mombasa,Pemba,Zanzibar,Mafia and Kirmba Coast extends from 1degree N is southern somalia to 25 degreese S to the mouth of the Limpopo River It can be from 5- to 2000 kilometers wide. There are coconut palms, fruit trees, spices, and mangrove in swamp areas. Many animals live in and around Swahili such as giraffes, cheetahs, lions, hyenas, rhinoceros, buffalo, elephants, monkeys, mercats etc. Those animals live off the vegitation that grows there. The animals lived mostly inland.
 * __The rise of the swahili __

**Events and leaders ** -Swahili's government is hard to define because its sorounded by many other cultures which influence how Swahili governs their people. -within smaller individual towns in Swahili it is mostly common to have a king. He is the one who decides how to govern that section of Swahili. -Around the year 1300 Persians and arabs invaded Swahili. Eventually the Swahili culture blended with the Islam culture into a newer version of Swahili. Eventually there languages began to grown even more. Due to the mix in language and culture the Swahili were now able to trade cities and grow into a bigger and better nation.

For the first 2000 years Swahili merchants acted as a middle man for the outside world, Eastern Africa and Central Africa. During the 19th centuries the Swahili people helped a lot when it came to the trade f ivory and enslaving people. The Swahili people would trade goods with Arab, Portuguese and Indian traders along the trade routes which went across Tanzania to,what is now called, Zaire. The main source of income came from the Swahili fishermen. The swahili relied and still rely greatly on the ocean in which they live near.
 * Agriculture and Ecomony **

-the swahili people mainly used fire for energy -the Swahili people would use fire to boil water and to use heating during the evenings
 * Energy

Art, Literature and music The Swahili people did a lot of wood work. They created doors and furniture with intricate detail. They also carved miniature boat statue of fishing boats aka dhows. Women would paint brown henna tattoos on their hands and feet and lower legs usually for a wedding. The paint stains the skin and can last for up to several weeks. Swahili people would express themselves by means of designing and making carpets, rugs, porcelain and jewelry which had some Asian influence. The Swahili people would also express themselves with poetry and music, it says a lot about their culture. Poets were called //malenga// and were supposed to be very important and intelligent. The most common form of Swahili music is called Taarab and has a lot of deep,meaningful poetry. The Taarab rhythm is origonally a slow tempo that is a mix of Indian and Aabic origon. Another genre of Swahili music is called Chakach which is a faster tempo.



Science and Mathematical Contribuitions ** From the research i did i found little on math and science contributions to the swahili culture rise. That shows me that the swahili people didn't use science and math in their way of life.

