Zanj
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title:
Zanj
text:
Zanj is a term used by medieval Muslim geographers to refer to both a certain portion of Southeast Africa and to its Bantu inhabitants. This word is also the origin of the place-names Zanzibar and the Sea of Zanj. The latinization Zingium serves as an archaic name for the coastal area in modern Kenya and Tanzania in southern East Africa. The architecture of these commercial urban settlements is now a subject of study for urban planning. For centuries the coastal settlements were a source of ivor
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description:
Name used by medieval Muslim geographers to refer to a portion of Southeast Africa
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanj
date created:
2005-03-05T17:24:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T13:08:47Z
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