XIᵉ siècle – XVIᵉ siècle
Kilimanjaro, Pare Mountains, and the Dodoma region of Tanzania
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Southern Cushitic societies that remained important across eastern Tanzania during the period 1100–1600. At their earlier height they occupied a broad belt from Kilimanjaro and the Pare Mountains toward Dodoma, where they herded cattle, sheep, and goats and cultivated bulrush millet. Their territory was progressively fragmented by Nilotic and Bantu expansion, while their agricultural practices influenced emerging highland Bantu societies.
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The East Rift peoples formed the most numerous Southern Cushitic population in the interior of eastern Tanzania. At the height of their importance during the first millennium, they occupied a broad belt running from Kilimanjaro and the Pare Mountains southward toward the Dodoma region. By about 1100, however, their once continuous territory had already been broken by the expansion of the Nilotic Dadog and Ongamo.
These communities combined livestock raising with cultivation. They herded cattle, sheep, and goats and grew bulrush millet as their staple grain, with sorghum and, where rainfall allowed, eleusine also cultivated. In the highlands, irrigation and the use of manure supported a basically grain-based agriculture that later provided important foundations for intensive Bantu highland farming.
East Rift societies continued to shape regional history even as their territories contracted. Bantu-speaking communities absorbed Southern Cushitic populations or adopted mixed farming through trade and cultural exchange. In the southern highlands, East Rift communities eventually gave way to Wanjombe immigrants and West Ruvu migrants, while on Kilimanjaro and in the Taita Hills they remained significant population elements for centuries.
XIᵉ siècle – XVIᵉ siècle
Kilimanjaro, Pare Mountains, and the Dodoma region of Tanzania
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
Southern Cushitic societies that remained important across eastern Tanzania during the period 1100–1600. At their earlier height they occupied a broad belt from Kilimanjaro and the Pare Mountains toward Dodoma, where they herded cattle, sheep, and goats and cultivated bulrush millet. Their territory was progressively fragmented by Nilotic and Bantu expansion, while their agricultural practices influenced emerging highland Bantu societies.
Poursuivre l’exploration
Le récit
The East Rift peoples formed the most numerous Southern Cushitic population in the interior of eastern Tanzania. At the height of their importance during the first millennium, they occupied a broad belt running from Kilimanjaro and the Pare Mountains southward toward the Dodoma region. By about 1100, however, their once continuous territory had already been broken by the expansion of the Nilotic Dadog and Ongamo.
These communities combined livestock raising with cultivation. They herded cattle, sheep, and goats and grew bulrush millet as their staple grain, with sorghum and, where rainfall allowed, eleusine also cultivated. In the highlands, irrigation and the use of manure supported a basically grain-based agriculture that later provided important foundations for intensive Bantu highland farming.
East Rift societies continued to shape regional history even as their territories contracted. Bantu-speaking communities absorbed Southern Cushitic populations or adopted mixed farming through trade and cultural exchange. In the southern highlands, East Rift communities eventually gave way to Wanjombe immigrants and West Ruvu migrants, while on Kilimanjaro and in the Taita Hills they remained significant population elements for centuries.
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