First World System Essay

World-system defines our social historical system of interdependent which form a structure that bounds and functions according to distinct rule. It may also be considered a multiple cultural systems with a single division of labor or central location.
The first world system arose after the Roman’s world had been broken up and marked the first time that Eastern hemisphere had interconnected between the seventh and thirteenth century CE. With a purpose of communication and trade the continents of Africa, Asia and Europe united. This was termed “World System” in the Before European Hegemony book by Janet Abu-Lughod.
There were several forces behind the birthing of the first world system with the Islamic conquests playing the most important role of creating a bound with and between Arabia, Persia, Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and even central Asia (both South and Southeast Asia), also West and North Africa and china. Many trading items included textiles, kola nuts, salt, leather and slaves, but gold was the most important item to trade; the gold nuggets were a royal monopoly and were brought to the coast from the Zambezi River. They even made great effort of transforming the Mediterranean Sea to a Muslim lake. The Muslim traders would sail the Indian Ocean, South and Southeast of Asia and the Spice Islands into the world system. The Swahili coast of East Africa, both North Africa and West Africa and the joined the system. In addition a town known in Swahili as the Kilwa Sultanate, had organized a system of trade with other towns in the interior. They towns would trade food

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