https://www.sdhtanzania.org/omeka/files/original/31/Kilwa_Kisiwani_and_Songo_Mnara-1.kml 550b5b0671f575f9646e19767f83c5f2 Site Represents a site. Contact doa@maliasili.go.tz Status gazetted Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc Archaeological Condition 3 Stewardship Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA) Gazette Number G.N.No. 186 of 1937, Published on 12th October 1937 Sub Type Conservation Area Other Type Historical Social Media The social media links. twitter,@OUtalii;facebook,wizara ya maliasili na utalii tanzania;instagram,wizarayamaliasilinautalii; Place The town or city doa@maliasili.go.tz Other Time 14th Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Language A language of the resource Swahili, Arabic, Ngindo, Matumbi, English Title A name given to the resource Ruins of Kilwa KIsiwani and Songo Mnara Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Philip Maligisu Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 25 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,-9.031054,39.560551; Description An account of the resource Since 14th to 15th century, Kilwa was the centre in the southern coast controlling the maritime trade routes to the ancient world, traders, merchants and scholars travelled from middle east, India and Europe, supplied the wealth coming from trade with commodities like ivory, resins, ambergris, wax, rhinoceros horn, skins and tortoiseshell. The ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara were inscribed on the World Heritage list in 1981 Under UNESCO criteria III. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 19/11/2019 Extent The size or duration of the resource. cm x cm x cm Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Later Iron Age,Swahili Subject The topic of the resource CULTURAL HERITAGE,NATURAL HERITAGE,HISTORY,MARINE LIFE,MARINE SCAPES Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Antiquities Division Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 06/22/2021 01:17:29 pm Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Department of Antiquities References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. Moon, K. (2005). Kilwa Kisiwani: Ancient Port City of the East African Coast. Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Printers. Chittick, N. (1965). The 'Shiraz' Colonisation of East Africa . Journal of African History Vol.3, 275-294. Chittick, N. (1967). Discoveries in the Lamu Archipelago. Azania: Vol. II, 37-67. Chami, F. (2009). Kilwa and the Swahili Towns: Reflections from an Archaeological Perspective. In K. Larsen, Knowledge, Renewal and Religion Repositioning and changing ideological and material circumstances among the Swahili on the East African Coast (pp. 38-56). Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Ruins of Kilwa KIsiwani and Songo Mnara Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT Object The URL of a suitable source image in the best resolution available on the web site of the data provider from which small images could be generated for use in the portal. This will often be the same URL as given in europeana:isShownBy. www.maliasili.go.tz World Heritage Sites