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Landmark Africa trade

Zanzibar

900 CE – still standing

East African island at the heart of Indian Ocean trade

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Who held this ground

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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

Algeria

Founded 1900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Sand War (Algeria–Morocco)

1963 CE

Trade route · Africa

East African Coastal Trade

900 CE – 1505 CE

Landmark · Africa

Great Zimbabwe

1100 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Angola

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Nigerian Civil War (Biafra)

1967 CE – 1970 CE

Trade route · Africa

Indian Ocean Trade

900 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 900 CE and 2026 CE.

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

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Machu Picchu Landmark · Americas 1450 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Al-Razi Figure · Rayy / Baghdad / Persia 854 CE – 925 CE Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing
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