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Indian Ocean and East Africa: Arab trade, Swahili coastal communities, and links with Great Zimbabwe - ninth to sixteenth centuries (under construction)
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- 28 May 2011
- Updated
- 20 Jul 2026
South African History Online. (2011, May 28). Indian Ocean and East Africa: Arab trade, Swahili coastal communities, and links with Great Zimbabwe - ninth to sixteenth centuries (under construction). South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ve/ref/A-0065065
South African History Online (2011) 'Indian Ocean and East Africa: Arab trade, Swahili coastal communities, and links with Great Zimbabwe - ninth to sixteenth centuries (under construction)', South African History Online, 28 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ve/ref/A-0065065 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Indian Ocean and East Africa: Arab trade, Swahili coastal communities, and links with Great Zimbabwe - ninth to sixteenth centuries (under construction) [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ve/ref/A-0065065, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Indian Ocean and East Africa: Arab trade, Swahili coastal communities, and links with Great Zimbabwe - ninth to sixteenth centuries (under construction)." South African History Online, 28 May 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ve/ref/A-0065065. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Indian Ocean and East Africa: Arab trade, Swahili coastal communities, and links with Great Zimbabwe - ninth to sixteenth centuries (under construction)." South African History Online. May 28, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ve/ref/A-0065065.
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