In East Africa a slave trade was well established before the Europeans arrived on the scene. It was driven by the sultanates of the Middle East. African slaves ended up as sailors in Persia ...
In contrast to North Africa, East Africa was never subject to one wide, sweeping Muslim takeover. Islam came to the East African coast in many waves and at different times. There is no single date ...
A celebrated British historian once said there was only the history of ... Kush was an African superpower and its influence extended to what is now called the Middle East. The kingdom lasted ...
Hotels are one type of building that illustrates the complex architectural and political history ... of West Africa's Modernist Hotels, this second article turns to East Africa to uncover the ...
This course examines the history of the Middle East and North Africa from an environmental angle. We will think about how a focus on environmental factors enables alternative perspectives on ...