https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/25/lost-cities-of-the-world-angamuco-pripyat-termessos-gedi-mohenjo-daro-the-five
Gedi, Kenya
Located on the Indian Ocean coast, 65 miles north of Mombasa among verdant forests, this settlement is thought to have been founded in the 12th century. Gedi had advanced features such as running water and flushing toilets. Archaeologists have found Ming Chinese vases and Venetian glass on the site, suggesting it was an important trading centre. Its abandonment five centuries later remains a mystery.
http://web.mnstate.edu/robertsb/220/caravansofgold.docx
Lamu: a charming little town on the coast of Kenya. Just one of many Swahili towns built in coral stone all the way along the coast from Somalia to Mozambique. The film shows a magnificent home of a wealthy Swahili trader. These houses were built over six hundred years ago and there were no better houses anywhere in the world. While citizens in London were pouring their chamber pots out the window, the residents of Lamu had efficient indoor plumbing.
Tanzania by Jens Finke page #201
“The ruling classes lived in stone houses with indoor plumbing, wore silk and fine cotton and ate off Chinese porcelain.”
https://orias.berkeley.edu/resources-teachers/travels-ibn-battuta/journey/red-sea-east-africa-and-arabian-sea-1328-1330
“But the East African trading ports were not isolated communities of foreign merchants. They were largely populated by black Africans speaking African languages like Somali in Mogadishu and Bantu further south“
Ibn Battuta stated
“We stayed one night in the island (Mombassa), and then pursued our journey to Kulwa, which is a large town on the coast. The majority of its inhabitants are Zanj, jet black in color, and with tattoo marks on their faces like the Limiin at Janada. “
https://sites.google.com/site/historyofeastafrica/ibn-battuta-visits-kilwa
Gedi, Kenya
Located on the Indian Ocean coast, 65 miles north of Mombasa among verdant forests, this settlement is thought to have been founded in the 12th century. Gedi had advanced features such as running water and flushing toilets. Archaeologists have found Ming Chinese vases and Venetian glass on the site, suggesting it was an important trading centre. Its abandonment five centuries later remains a mystery.
http://web.mnstate.edu/robertsb/220/caravansofgold.docx
Lamu: a charming little town on the coast of Kenya. Just one of many Swahili towns built in coral stone all the way along the coast from Somalia to Mozambique. The film shows a magnificent home of a wealthy Swahili trader. These houses were built over six hundred years ago and there were no better houses anywhere in the world. While citizens in London were pouring their chamber pots out the window, the residents of Lamu had efficient indoor plumbing.
Tanzania by Jens Finke page #201
“The ruling classes lived in stone houses with indoor plumbing, wore silk and fine cotton and ate off Chinese porcelain.”
https://orias.berkeley.edu/resources-teachers/travels-ibn-battuta/journey/red-sea-east-africa-and-arabian-sea-1328-1330
“But the East African trading ports were not isolated communities of foreign merchants. They were largely populated by black Africans speaking African languages like Somali in Mogadishu and Bantu further south“
Ibn Battuta stated
“We stayed one night in the island (Mombassa), and then pursued our journey to Kulwa, which is a large town on the coast. The majority of its inhabitants are Zanj, jet black in color, and with tattoo marks on their faces like the Limiin at Janada. “
https://sites.google.com/site/historyofeastafrica/ibn-battuta-visits-kilwa
