Book contents
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Charts (in Color Plates)
- Illustrations (in Color Plates)
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Part I The Indian Ocean between Tang China and the Muslim Empire (Seventh–Tenth Century)
- Part II Globalization during the Song and Mongol Periods (Tenth–Fourteenth Century), and the Downturn of the Fourteenth Century
- Introduction
- Chapter 7 China: The Golden Age of the Song, the Mongol Conquest, and the Ming Revival
- Chapter 8 India: From the Chola Empire to the Delhi Sultanate
- Chapter 9 Southeast Asia: From the Decline of Srīwijaya to the Rise of Mojopahit
- Chapter 10 Central and Western Asia: From the Seljuk Empire to the Ilkhanids
- Chapter 11 Egypt and Yemen: The Jewish and Kārimī Networks
- Chapter 12 East Africa: The Rise of the Swahili Culture and the Expansion of Islam
- Chapter 13 Madagascar: The Development of Trading Ports and the Interior
- Part III From the Globalization of the Afro-Eurasian Area to the Dawn of European Expansion (Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries)
- Bibliography
- Index of Geographical Names
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Chapter 13 - Madagascar: The Development of Trading Ports and the Interior
from Part II - Globalization during the Song and Mongol Periods (Tenth–Fourteenth Century), and the Downturn of the Fourteenth Century
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 October 2019
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Charts (in Color Plates)
- Illustrations (in Color Plates)
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Part I The Indian Ocean between Tang China and the Muslim Empire (Seventh–Tenth Century)
- Part II Globalization during the Song and Mongol Periods (Tenth–Fourteenth Century), and the Downturn of the Fourteenth Century
- Introduction
- Chapter 7 China: The Golden Age of the Song, the Mongol Conquest, and the Ming Revival
- Chapter 8 India: From the Chola Empire to the Delhi Sultanate
- Chapter 9 Southeast Asia: From the Decline of Srīwijaya to the Rise of Mojopahit
- Chapter 10 Central and Western Asia: From the Seljuk Empire to the Ilkhanids
- Chapter 11 Egypt and Yemen: The Jewish and Kārimī Networks
- Chapter 12 East Africa: The Rise of the Swahili Culture and the Expansion of Islam
- Chapter 13 Madagascar: The Development of Trading Ports and the Interior
- Part III From the Globalization of the Afro-Eurasian Area to the Dawn of European Expansion (Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries)
- Bibliography
- Index of Geographical Names
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Summary
The archaeology of northern Madagascar reveals settlements dating from the eleventh and twelfth centuries and onward that were in contact with the Comoros, the East African coast, western Asia, and perhaps India and Southeast Asia (Vérin 1990). The development of a town such as Mahilaka, on the northwestern coast of Madagascar, closely mirrors that of Swahili and Comorian cities: in a way, Mahilaka can be seen as an extension of the Swahili world. The Arab geographers show the progressive insertion of Madagascar into Indian Ocean networks. Until the twelfth century, Madagascar was known as the mysterious and ill-located Waqwaq Island; it would later be renamed Qumr (Allibert 2001). During the thirteenth century, Ibn al Mujāwir shed light on early ties connecting Aden, Mogadishu, Kilwa, and Madagascar.
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- The Worlds of the Indian OceanA Global History, pp. 371 - 430Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019