The Indian Ocean and Swahili Coast coins, international networks and local developments

The distinctive coinage of the Swahili Coast (c. 800–1500) has for a long time been seen as a barbarized coinage on the edge of the Islamic world, a product of colonial settlements of Arabs and Persians. With new evidence becoming available, the towns have taken their place as flourishing African tr...

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Main Author: John Perkins
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Institut des Mondes Africains 2015-12-01
Series:Afriques
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/afriques/1769