306, September 24, 2004

Islam and Culture (film: Caravans of Gold)

Early outsiders

• Phoenicians
• Carthage 814 BC
• Greeks 7th Cent BC
• Romans in Carthage 146 BC
• vandals

Islam

• Islam 7th Cent Arabia
• Mohammed, Mecca, Qur'an (Koran)
• khalifa (caliph, caliphate)
• jihad, commercial enclaves
• Ibn Battuta, 1300s
• Ashanti/Asante, Mali, Songhai, Kanem, Sokoto Caliphate
• Jenne (Jenne-Jeno, in Mali) by 400 AD
• Timbuktu

E. Africa

• Greek seafaring handbook: 1st cent AD, "Azania"
• Swahili
• Kilwa
• Ibn Battuta again