Sanje ya Kati
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Kisiwa cha kale cha Sanje ya Kati (Swahili) | |
Location | Tanzania |
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Region | Lindi Region |
Coordinates | Coordinates: 9°3′14″S 39°32′1″E / 9.05389°S 39.53361°E |
Type | Medieval Settlement |
Part of | Swahili Culture |
History | |
Builder | Swahili people |
Material | Coral rag |
Founded | 10th century AD |
Abandoned | unknown |
Cultures | Swahili |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | none |
Ownership | Tanzanian Government |
Public access | Yes |
Sanje ya Kati (Swahili Kisiwa cha kale cha Sanje ya Kati) is protected, uninhabited historic site located on Sanje ya Kati Island in Pande Mikoma ward in Kilwa District in Lindi Region of Tanzania's Indian Ocean coast. The site is home to medieval Swahili ruins that have yet to be fully excavated.[1][2][3][4]
See also
References
- ^ Allen, James De Vere (1974). "Swahili Architecture in the Later Middle Ages". African Arts. 7 (2): 42–84. doi:10.2307/3334723. JSTOR 3334723.
- ^ Pradines, Stéphane (April 2009). "L'île de Sanjé ya Kati (Kilwa, Tanzanie): un mythe Shirâzi bien réel". Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. 44 (1): 49–73. doi:10.1080/00671990902795814. S2CID 162360170.
- ^ Zhao, Bing (2012). "Global Trade and Swahili Cosmopolitan Material Culture: Chinese-Style Ceramic Shards from Sanje ya Kati and Songo Mnara (Kilwa, Tanzania)". Journal of World History. 23 (1): 41–85. doi:10.1353/jwh.2012.0018. JSTOR 41508051. S2CID 144646037.
- ^ Strong, S. Arthur (1895). "The History of Kilwa". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland: 385–430. JSTOR 25197263.
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