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Describe Economic Organization of the Somali in the 19th Century

      

Describe Economic Organization of the Somali in the 19th Century

  

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gideon
- They were nomadic pastoralists
- They kept cattle, camel sheep & goats
- Herding was done by men who also milked large stock while women milked small stock
- They gathered food crops and hunted animals for food
- They traded with their neighbours to get what they could not produce
- Section of Somali practiced iron working and weaving
- Crafts industry was associated with a group whom they called sab (outcasts)
- Weaving was done by women using vegetable fibre and animal hair
- They used camels in transportation of goods
gideon1 answered the question on October 6, 2017 at 09:45


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