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Mduuni

Coordinates: 4°59′0″S 39°41′0″E / 4.98333°S 39.68333°E / -4.98333; 39.68333
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Mduuni Ruins
Mduuni is located in Tanzania
Mduuni
Shown within Tanzania
LocationMicheweni District,
Pemba North Region,
 Tanzania
Coordinates4°59′0″S 39°41′0″E / 4.98333°S 39.68333°E / -4.98333; 39.68333
TypeSettlement
History
MaterialCoral rag
Founded13-14th century CE
CulturesSwahili
Site notes
ConditionEndangered
OwnershipTanzanian Government
ManagementAntiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism [1]
Architecture
Architectural stylesSwahili & Islamic
Official nameMduuni Ruins Historic Site
TypeCultural

Mduuni Ruins (Swahili Mji wa Kale wa Msuka Mjini) is protected historic site located inside Micheweni District of Pemba North Region in Tanzania. The settlement was established around 1100 CE.[2][3] [4][5][6][7]

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References

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  1. ^ "Antiquities Division". Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.
  2. ^ LaViolette, Adria; Fleisher, Jeffrey (2009). "The Urban History of a Rural Place: Swahili Archaeology on Pemba Island, Tanzania, 700-1500 AD". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 42 (3): 433–455. JSTOR 40646777.
  3. ^ Fleisher, Jeffrey B. (2010). "Swahili Synoecism: Rural Settlements and Town Formation on the Central East African Coast, A.D. 750–1500". Journal of Field Archaeology. 35 (3): 265–282. doi:10.1179/009346910X12707321358919. JSTOR 24406708. S2CID 140142071.
  4. ^ "Zanzibar Historical Sites". 12 April 2020. Retrieved 25 Jul 2022.
  5. ^ Kessy, Emmanuel T. (August 1992). The economic basis and the location of same 'iron age' settlement on pemba and zanzibar (Thesis).
  6. ^ de Vere Allen, James (1981). "Swahili Culture and the Nature of East Coast Settlement". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 14 (2): 306–334. doi:10.2307/218047. JSTOR 218047.
  7. ^ Schacht, J. (1957). "An Unknown Type of Minbar and Its Historical Significance". Ars Orientalis. 2: 149–173. JSTOR 4629034.