Myth of Arab cultural domination of "Negroes" part 1 introduction to the land of Zanj

Edit: This is from M. A. Shaban on the Zanj revolt. The quoted part is page 102 but he starts on page 101

http://books.google.com/books?id=Wkqlp-lHllcC&pg=PA101

"If more proof is needed that it was not a slave revolt, it is to be found in the fact that it had a highly organized army and navy which vigorously resisted the whole weight of the central government for almost fifteen years. Moreover, it must have had huge resources that allowed it to build no less than six impregnable towns in which there were arsenals for the manufacture of weapons and battleships. These towns also had in their mammoth markets prodigious wealth which was more than the salt marshes could conceivably produce. Even all the booty from Basra and the whole region could not account for such enormous wealth. Significantly the revolt had the backing of a certain group of merchants who preserved with their support until the very end. Tabari makes it very clear that the strength of the rebels was dependent on the support of these merchants. "

Please tell me if any of the information here is wrong

Allot of this is information I already posted

"It was thought that Swahili settlements were founded by foreigners, particularly by Islamic traders," he says. "But these discoveries show the people here were interacting with other civilizations - and long before the Islamic era. "

Prof. Felix Chami

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1924318.stm

The bellow is new:

The Arabic term "Bilad-es-Sudan" is translated into "land of the blacks" or "land of the Negroes". When the Arabs of this period called themselves white they meant dark skinned. When they called someone red they meant fair skinned and sometimes used in a derogatory way to the fair skinned people Arabs conquered.

A Muslim writer in the 10th:

"The people of Iraq have sound minds a proficiency in every art and a pale brown color, which is the most apt and proper color. They do not come out with something between blond, blanched and leprous coloring, such as the infants dropped from the wombs of the women of the Slavs and others of light complexion; nor are they overdone in the womb until they are burned such as the Ethiopians and other blacks. The Iraqis are neither half-baked dough nor burned crust, but between the two."

According to the other article that I talked about identification with Arabs began in the 16th century with the beginning of the rise of western imperialism and reached it's zenith in the 19th century.

Until the 19th century Mungwana was the word for civilized amongst the Swahili. Ustaarabu which means live like an Arab became associated with what a Civilized person should be

Added: Much of what is written involved politics. This can be compared to ancient Egypt:

"Tomb reveals Ancient Egypts humiliating secret" By Dalya Alberge

"Contemporary Egyptian descriptions had led historians to assume that the kingdom of Kush was a weak and barbaric neighboring state for hundreds of years, although it boasted a complex society with vast resources of gold dominating the principal trade routes into the heart of Africa."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article851852.ece

Added:

It is important to learn "Arabic Terms Used for Complexions"

"So anyone who reads someone being described as "white" in an Arabic book of the past should understand that "white" means a dark complexion. It's very important that people bear this in mind."

http://savethetruearabs.com/gpage2.html

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[smukase]

@swimswet and btw arabs ARE europeans. they were actually the majority of europeans. they have always been savages no matter where they were and i think they r the ones resposible for teaching all these other whites to become savages as well. europe was semitic, that s why most ppl (romans/greeks/assyrians etc) were mostly dark haired, and they still hated each other. they enslaved the barbarians (goths/gauls/vikings etc), that s the only reason why there r a lot of blonds/redheads/brunettes

[smukase]

@swimswet and no one brought anything to africans, that is a horrible misconception! the ethiopian orthodox bible alone might be the oldest bible on earth right now. they claim jesus visited ethiopia and i believe it because the christians there practise real christianity as it shud be. the women cover their heads, they fast, pray everyday, feed the poor etc. islam or christianity, it doesnt matter, we already knew and loved God long before anyone else. this goes for native americans as well.

[smukase]

@swimswet no, arabs r the ones resposnsible of trying to destroy islam, they r the ones who prosecuted muhammad until he fled to ethiopia, many ppl dont know this because they associate islam with arabs always. that is just white supremacy. these ppl have always been savages, long before any religion was taught to them. i am a muslim and from the quran's point of view, arabs r the worst muslims out there and many muslims will share this belief with me, those who know the quran at least.

[TheBanditghettoninja]

(contiued Comment) And if anyone has some shit to say you best say it now. Pussy ass centrist.

[swimswet]

Whites are such a class act! Try defending your sentiments on judgement day when you are asked why you stepped on the throats of others. I apologize to all black people for the treacherous treatment at the hands of whites. Just read some of these comments! Seeing these hives me an idea of kind of scorn the rest of the world has for most whites. Face it, if whites could be engineered out of existence, I advocate for it. There's no hope for minds that operate like the ones represented here. The

[swimswet]

Is it true that Islam is being forced on africans? I know about the Church forcing native Americans to convert and then the even more fanatical Protestant heretics finished the job.