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 ...

They were found at the bottom of a low crumbling cliff at Kilwa Kisiwani island, in Tanzania. Today Kilwa is a quiet Tanzanian island with a few small fishing villages, but around the year 1200 it ...

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 ...

Description and present state of conservation: The Islands of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1980. The ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani comprise the vestiges of the ...