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7. Arab incursions into the Eastern Congo
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Innhold levert av Peter Teddington. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av Peter Teddington eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.
In this Episode we see Tippu Tip and the Arab traders, after exhausting the Elephant herds in today's Tanzania, journey West across Lake Tanganyika into the Eastern Congo. Ever in need of more ivory they were drawn all the way to the Lualaba River.
They met the the Tabwe, the Lunda, the Warua, the Bemba and perhaps documented the first ever written description of the Luba heartland. These peoples were connected by pan-continental trade routes at the end of the 19th Century.
Through trickery, alliances and ultimately firepower however they became subdued by Tip and his forces. The Arab traders became the rulers of vast swathes of land, with little interest beyond resources.
But still the odd European travelers kept coming ...
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Manage episode 285006110 series 2850807
Innhold levert av Peter Teddington. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av Peter Teddington eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.
In this Episode we see Tippu Tip and the Arab traders, after exhausting the Elephant herds in today's Tanzania, journey West across Lake Tanganyika into the Eastern Congo. Ever in need of more ivory they were drawn all the way to the Lualaba River.
They met the the Tabwe, the Lunda, the Warua, the Bemba and perhaps documented the first ever written description of the Luba heartland. These peoples were connected by pan-continental trade routes at the end of the 19th Century.
Through trickery, alliances and ultimately firepower however they became subdued by Tip and his forces. The Arab traders became the rulers of vast swathes of land, with little interest beyond resources.
But still the odd European travelers kept coming ...
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The Washington Post's Presidential podcast explores how each former American president reached office, made decisions, handled crises and redefined the role of commander-in-chief. It was released leading up to up to Election Day 2016, starting with George Washington in week one and ending on week 44 with the president-elect. New special episodes in the countdown to the 2020 presidential election highlight other stories from U.S. presidential history that can help illuminate our current momen ...
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