Kilwa & Sofala This southern Swahili outpost played a key role ... Why were the rulers of Great Zimbabwe so powerful? Religion may have contributed to the city's rise to power and its tall tower, ...

From the 13th to the 16th century, the merchants of Kilwa dealt in gold, silver, pearls, perfumes, Arabian crockery, Persian earthenware and Chinese porcelain; much of the trade in the Indian Ocean ...

Their plates were porcelain and came from China. One of the greatest cities was Kilwa. Situated on an island very close to the mainland, Kilwa had by the 13th century broken the hold that ...

Similarly, several waves of migration from Persia, notably in the 11th century, resulted in a fusion of culture and religion ... like the Sultan of Kilwa, who under the banner of Holy War or ...

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