🏛️ Tumbe

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Tumbe is an early Medieval Swahili historic site next to the village of Tumbe located in Micheweni District of Pemba North Region. Between 600 and 1000 AD, the city of Tumbe served as the island's primary location. There is sufficient evidence that this city served as a major commerce hub for the Indian Ocean. Smaller sites from the eighth to tenth centuries AD were grouped together around the major metropolis.

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Tumbe is located in Tanzania, in Africa.

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Bagamoyo Historic Town · Kimbiji Ruins · Mtambwe Mkuu · Mumba Cave · Old Fort of Zanzibar · Shamiani.

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