Comércio a longa distância no litoral e interior de Moçambique: uma análise a partir da contribuição do entreposto comercial de Nova Sofala

Abstract

he study of the Sofala trading post was based on a bibliographical survey and fieldwork which, through prospection, archaeological excavation and consultation with local communities, resulted in the obtaining of data which allowed analogies to be made and and study of the hypotheses, as well as the objectives of this work. In Nova Sofala, according to the evidence identified, various activities were carried out of the 2nd Millennium A.D. Meanwhile, long distance trade was the main activity of Nova Sofala that, quickly, impacted on its development, lasting from the establishment of the Arabs, later the Portuguese the Portuguese, until the Nguni invasion. Nova Sofala was established before the arrival of the Portuguese and had links with several regions on the several regions of the coast and interior, as it functioned as a corridor where imported imported goods, especially glass beads and porcelain, circulated as prestigious goods for the goods for the chiefdoms of the interior and other entrepôts of the coastal coast. With the arrival of the Portuguese in the 15th century, the Arabs were replaced by European mercantile capital, the apogee of Nova Sofala was due to its geo-strategic location.

(TRADUÇAO NOSSA)