SWAHILI+RISE+ESSAYYY

__**ESSAY**__ Written By: Emma Cardinal

There are many things we can learn about how to live and how to be from the rise of the Swahili, although they didn't affect the world in any way. Swahili means coast people and the Swahili people lived up to that name. The Swahili people are very artistic, they enjoy painting, woodwork, poetry and music, it seemed to bring them together. From the research i did there were no science and math contributions to the swahili states. It seems to me that the Swahili didn't focus so much on the mathematical parts to life as much as enjoying it. The swahili people thrived off of the east coast of Africa, the land where they lived.

Swahili people live on the east coast of africa (on the map above Swahili is the park marked brown) and lived off the land to the utmost. Swahili peoples culture and their way of life is dependent on the coast and what it brings to them, the coast is even the cause of the name Swahili (it means //coast//). There were/are still quite a few fishing villages, which is the basis of their economy. They used their artistic skills to carve boats made from things found on the east coast of Africa.

In respects to art, the Swahili had it all covered and was a big part of their culture. The Swahili people spent a great portion of their time painting henna, carving doors, boats etc out of wood, pottery, painting, writing, weaving cloth listening and dancing to music. All of the things the Swahili people create tells stories and shows feelings of those who created the art. The Swahili people used very natural products when creating their art but eventually they ended up mixing different substances which they used for painting to make even more different kinds of paint which widened the color spectrum and in turn widened the things the swahili could paint.

The swahili people had no need for sciences and math. Their culture was based on enjoyment and art more then work. The needs of the Swahili were more animalistic, in that they lived based on things that they need. The Swahili people didn't have iPods or computers and they didn't try to invent them, they were content with the state of technology which they were at during the 1300s.

If we all lived in the ways of the Swahili people during the rise i think we would all be much happier. The Swahili people were focused more on happiness and enjoying what you have, they lived for other things than we do. The Swahili people did not change our world in any drastic way during the rise, but by studying the culture i have learned about living off of your surroundings. They lived in a warm climate near the water and used that to their advantage. The Swahili people were very artistic and didn't have much technology which allowed them to be even more creative and left more to the imagination. There are many things we can learn about how to live and how to be from the rise of the swahili, although they didn't affect the world in any way.

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