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Landmark Africa trade

Sofala

900 CE – 1600 CE · 700 years

Swahili Coast gold trade port, the primary outlet for Great Zimbabwe's gold that connected interior Africa to Indian Ocean commerce

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–800 CE)
  2. No border recorded here in this snapshot (900 CE–2026 CE)

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

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Landmark · Africa

Volubilis

300 BCE – 1200 CE

Polity · Africa

Khoiasan

Attested 1500 BCE – 1500 CE

Conflict · Africa

Ghana–Almoravid Conflict

1054 CE – 1083 CE

Trade route · Africa

East African Coastal Trade

900 CE – 1505 CE

Landmark · Africa

Great Zimbabwe

1100 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Empire of Ghana

100 CE – 1200 CE

Conflict · Africa

Great Zimbabwe & Mutapa Wars

1100 CE – 1629 CE

Trade route · Africa

Indian Ocean Trade

900 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 900 CE and 1600 CE.

900 CE Zanzibar 900 CE Mombasa 900 CE Kilwa Kisiwani 900 CE Mogadishu 1075 CE Mapungubwe

And in the rest of the world

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