Early history[edit]
Fragments of prehistoric pottery from Kamabai Rock Shelter
An 1835 illustration of liberated Africans arriving in Sierra Leone.
The colony of Freetown in 1856
Archaeological finds show that Sierra Leone has been inhabited continuously for at least 2,500 years,[14] populated by successive cultures of peoples who migrated from other parts of Africa.[15] The people adopted the use of iron by the 9th century, and by 1000 A.D. agriculture was being practised by coastal tribes.[16] The climate changed considerably during that time, and boundaries among different ecological zones changed as well, affecting migration and conquest.[17]
Sierra Leone's dense tropical rainforest and swampy environment was considered impenetrable; it was also host to the tsetse fly, which carried disease fatal to horses and zebu cattle used by the Mande people. This environmental factor protected its peoples from conquest by the Mande and other African empires.[17][18] This also reduced the Islamic influence of the Mali Empire. But the Islamic faith, introduced by Susu traders, merchants and migrants from the north and east, became widely adopted in the 18th century.[19]
Early history[edit]Fragments of prehistoric pottery from Kamabai Rock ShelterAn 1835 illustration of liberated Africans arriving in Sierra Leone.The colony of Freetown in 1856Archaeological finds show that Sierra Leone has been inhabited continuously for at least 2,500 years,[14] populated by successive cultures of peoples who migrated from other parts of Africa.[15] The people adopted the use of iron by the 9th century, and by 1000 A.D. agriculture was being practised by coastal tribes.[16] The climate changed considerably during that time, and boundaries among different ecological zones changed as well, affecting migration and conquest.[17]Sierra Leone's dense tropical rainforest and swampy environment was considered impenetrable; it was also host to the tsetse fly, which carried disease fatal to horses and zebu cattle used by the Mande people. This environmental factor protected its peoples from conquest by the Mande and other African empires.[17][18] This also reduced the Islamic influence of the Mali Empire. But the Islamic faith, introduced by Susu traders, merchants and migrants from the north and east, became widely adopted in the 18th century.[19]
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