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Kaole Ruins — Swahili Settlement
Early Swahili (13th–16th c) · Swahili-Shirazi
Kaole is a 13th–16th c Swahili settlement 3 km S of Bagamoyo, Tanzania's earliest Swahili site (Shiraz origin legend 13th c).
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34 places in the atlas, 7 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Ancient city
Early Swahili (13th–16th c) · Swahili-Shirazi
Kaole is a 13th–16th c Swahili settlement 3 km S of Bagamoyo, Tanzania's earliest Swahili site (Shiraz origin legend 13th c).
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Ancient city
Swahili (11th–16th c. CE) · Swahili
Mtambwe Mkuu — Pemba Island Swahili Town in Pemba Island, Tanzania is a Swahili (11th–16th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili.
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Swahili (13th–15th c. CE) · Swahili
Mkokotoni Ruins — Pemba North in Pemba Island, Tanzania is a Swahili (13th–15th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili. Port town with Friday mosque on Mkokotoni creek.
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Swahili Golden Age (14th–16th c) · Swahili (Shirazi–Bantu-Arab)
Songo Mnara is the 15th-century Swahili stone town on Songo Mnara Island (Lindi) 10 km S of Kilwa Kisiwani, inhabited 14th–16th c then abandoned.
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Swahili to Omani and British (Swahili settlement 16th c; Omani capital 1832–1964) · Swahili / Omani Arab / Persian / Indian (Bohra) / British colonial
Swahili stone town capital of Omani Zanzibar sultanate (1832–1964), Stone Town preserves coral-stone labyrinth: House of Wonders (Beit al-Ajaib 1883 Persian-slave-built), Old Fort (Portuguese 1710),…
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Swahili Coast Medieval (9th–19th c; Sultanate peak 1100–1500) · Swahili (Bantu-Arab-Persian) / Shirazi dynasty / Portuguese interlude
Swahili stone-town entrepôt (9th–19th c) controlling Indian Ocean gold trade from Sofala and Great Zimbabwe: Gereza fortress (Portuguese 1505), Great Mosque (oldest sub-Saharan mosque 1131–1770…
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Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Ife Glass Furnace Site in Serengeti, Tanzania is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Medieval culture.
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Swahili (12th–14th c. CE) · Swahili
Tumbatu Ruins — Zanzibar North in Zanzibar Island, Tanzania is a Swahili (12th–14th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili. Island town abandoned abruptly mid-14th c.
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Swahili (13th–16th c. CE) · Swahili (Shirazi)
Gonja Maore Swahili Ruins — Tanga in Tanga Region, Tanzania is a Swahili (13th–16th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili (Shirazi).