FALL+OF+SWAHILI

//**__Swahili Fall __**//

 The coolest months in Swahili occur during the northern hemispheres summer, this is because it lies below the equator. Between June and October the temperature ranges from about 10 C in the northern highlands to about 23 C on the coast. On the plains and lower-altitude areas the temperatures from June to October are warm and mild. From December to March it is mostly hot and sunny without a cloud in the sky. The temperatures range from 20 C to 30 C. is Swahili. ||
 * __Climate __**
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 * Map of east africa, the brown area on the coast

Swahili coast refers to the east African coast and its adjacent islands. On the coast it is a 20 to 200 kilometer wide strip of land over 3000 kilometers long it goes from Mogadishu in Somalia to the North Cape delegation Mozambique in the south. Swahili also consists of several islands in the Indian Ocean. They include: Mombasa, Pemba, Zanzibar, Mafia and Kirmba. The coast extends from 1degree N is southern Somalia to 25 degrees S to the mouth of the Limpopo River It can be from 5- to 2000 kilometers wide.
 * __Geography Factors __**

In Swahili it is hard to say if they have a political system because they mostly follow their neighboring countries political system. The neighbors of Swahili are: Mijikenda, Zigua, Doë, Kwere, Zaramo, and Makonde. Mostly Islam powers are mostly in the hands of elder male members. Swahili traders act like a mediator between the people and the government. 
 * __Events and Leader __**
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 * Dhow boats. ||

__ Transportation __ Because the Swahili people lived near the coast most of their transportation was boats. Most people used a traditional low-siding ship with one or more masts and triangular curving sales. These boats were called dhows and have been used for centuries. Another type of Swahili boat is the mtepos.
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 * This man is holding a runga. ||

The Zambian tribe in Swahili used a weapon called the runga. A runga is a wooden throwing tool. It was traditionally used by male warriors in warfare and also for hunting. They generally range from eighteen to twenty inches in length with a long narrow shaft that holds a heavy know or ball at the end. This weapon has more then one use in the Maasai culture, a specific runga is held by the designated speaker at important tribal gatherings. It is also an important symbol of warrior status for young males.
 * __Weaponry __**
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 * This boat was used by the swahili people for fishing and transportation. ||  ||

__**Agriculture**__  Swahili fisherman relied on the ocean to supply their primary source of income. Fish is sold to their inland neighbors in exchange for products of the interior. Domestically grown the Swahili people grew several things, rice, millet, radishes, peas, small onions, and grain. The specific grain they grew was called sorghum; it is a drought-resistant cereal plant, widely cultivated in tropical and warm areas. It was used as food grain, animal feed, hay and fodder. The reason why the Swahili people could not have a wide variety of plants was because the soil was too poor to support them; it was too sandy and infertile.

The east coast of Africa was part of a huge trade network, driven largely by the gold of Zimbabwe and extending as far as china. The trading partners or the coastal Swahili were Arabs and Persians. Many coastal rulers had converted to Islam, Christianity had little appeal. The Swahili economy now and in the past has always been linked to the Indian Ocean. The merchants of Swahili have played the role of middlemen between eastern/central Africa and the rest of the world. They greatly contributed in the trade of ivory and enslaved people. This reached a high point during the 19th century when trade routs extended across Tanzania into modern day Zaire. This trade rout was used to bring goods to the coast area where Arab, Portuguese, and Indian traders sold them.
 * __Economy __**

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> a mosquito bite could be much more threatening to ones health. ||
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 * Mosquitoes carry and spred many diseases. In places like Swahili

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">In Swahili many diseases are spread by mosquitoes, sand flies, and black flies, these diseases include Flariasis and chikungunya (mosquitoes) leishmaniasis (sand fly) congo-cerimean hemorrhagic fever (tick) typhus (lice) and plague (fleas).
 * __Plague and Disease__**

People in coastal areas of east Africa (Swahili) are at high risk of malaria. Malaria is a very dangerous disease. 500 million people are infected each year and 3 million of them die. Malaria is transmitted by infected mosquitoes. The disease is caused by parasites that first multiply in the liver and then spread and infect red blood cells. The symptoms of malaria are headache, fever, and vomiting. They usually appear ten to fifteen days after the infective bite.

Dengue fever occurs in tropical and sub-tropical areas such as Swahili. Dengue fever is transmitted by a bite from a mosquito carrying one of the four dengue viruses. It is a feverish, fluish disease that affects adults, young children, and infants. Symptoms of dengue fever are muscle and joint pain, rash, severe headache and mild fever ranging to high fever. The symptoms will usually appear 3 to 14 days after infective bite. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Flariasis is another disease that people in Swahili are at risk of. It is an infection with the filarial worms; wucheriria, bancrofti, brugiamalayi, or B. timori. A bite from an infected mosquito will transmit these parasites that will develop into adult worms in the lymphatic vessels. They will cause severe damage and swelling. Painful disfiguring swelling in the genital organs and legs is called elephantiasis and is a sign of the late0stage disease.

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