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The Swahili: Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 800-1500 (The Ethnohistory Series) by Spear, Thomas;Nurse, Derek is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Swahili: Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 800-1500 (The Ethnohistory Series) about?
"As an introduction to how the history of an African society can be reconstructed from largely nonliterate sources, and to the Swahili in particular, . . . a model work."—<i>International Journal of African Historical Studies</i>
Who reads The Swahili: Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 800-1500 (The Ethnohistory Series)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Spear, Thomas;Nurse, Derek
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Published
- 1985
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781512821666
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Anthropology, History, Sociology
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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