Download or read book Port Cities and Intruders written by Michael N. Pearson and published by . This book was released on 1998-02-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over many centuries, the Swahili coast of East Africa had intricate connections with India, with the Islamic world and with the peoples of the the interior. There was major economic, social and religious interchange. The intrusion of the Portuguese in the 16th century was merely the latest of many foreign influences. This study in world history examines a particular time and place to show the diversity and complexity of cultural and economic contacts.