Maasai pastoralists
Maasai pastoralists appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Swahili Coast and East Africa (Central and Southern Africa) from c. 1600 CE to the present, a span of 425 years. Its people spoke Nilo-Saharan languages (Kanuri, Songhai, Nubian, Luo, Maasai).
Maa-speaking cattle herders spread south through the Rift Valley into central Kenya and northern Tanzania by the 17th and 18th centuries. Rinderpest and smallpox in the 1890s and colonial land seizures cost them much of their grazing.
See Maasai pastoralists on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1600 CE to the present
- Duration
- 425 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Swahili Coast and East Africa, Central and Southern Africa
- Language family
- Nilo-Saharan
Events in Central and Southern Africa during its time
- Founding of Cape Town
- Battle of Mbwila
- Omanis take Fort Jesus
- Shaka becomes Zulu king
- The Great Trek begins
- Battle of Isandlwana
- Berlin Conference ends
- Witwatersrand gold rush
Neighbours in Central and Southern Africa
- Swahili city-states
- Kingdom of Kongo
- Zulu Kingdom
- Republic of South Africa (apartheid era)
- South Africa
- Congo Free State
- Kingdom of Buganda
- Bunyoro-Kitara
- Portuguese Mozambique
- Portuguese Angola
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Republic of Venice
- Holy Roman Empire
- Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty)
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Mali Empire
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Mughal Empire
- Portuguese Brazil
Questions
When did Maasai pastoralists exist?
c. 1600 CE to the present, about 425 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Maasai pastoralists?
Swahili Coast and East Africa, in Central and Southern Africa.
What language did Maasai pastoralists speak?
Nilo-Saharan. This family includes Kanuri, Songhai, Nubian, Luo, Maasai.