Why Land Here? Ports and Harbors in Southeast Tanzania in the Early Second Millennium AD

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dc.contributor.authorPollard, Edward
dc.contributor.authorIchumbaki, Elgidius B.
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-14T13:24:13Z
dc.date.available2016-09-14T13:24:13Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionFull text can be accessed at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15564894.2016.1218395en_US
dc.description.abstractThe east African Swahili ports developed extensive maritime trading links around the Indian Ocean, and supported economic, political, and urban growth in the early second millennium AD. This article identifies ports of varying function and importance in SE Tanzania, and seeks to understand their development in the context of natural harbor advantage, boat technology, sailing practice, and resource needs. Field data from landing places are combined with weather patterns, historical documents, and oral traditions to provide an integrated survey of the ports and harbors that once sustained medieval commerce along this section of the Swahili coast. The emergence of Kilwa as an entrepĂ´t to become the key center is based initially upon its naturally advantageous harbor facilities, safety and flexibility of approach in days of sail, and assurance of monsoon winds. Original natural advantages gradually become self-sustaining with its economic and political growth. To the north and south of Kilwa a series of ports of call with drinking water and boat servicing supported trade to and from the pre-eminent city, although some such as Kisimani Mafia and Kwale-Kisuju developed important trade functions of their own.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPollard, E. and Ichumbaki, E.B., 2016. Why Land Here? Ports and Harbors in Southeast Tanzania in the Early Second Millennium AD. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, pp.1-31.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/15564894.2016.1218395
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3699
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.subjectKilwaen_US
dc.subjectMedievalen_US
dc.subjectPorten_US
dc.subjectSeafaringen_US
dc.subjectSwahilien_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleWhy Land Here? Ports and Harbors in Southeast Tanzania in the Early Second Millennium ADen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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