Kilwa Kisiwani

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Swahili city-state UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site historic city-state

Kilwa Kisiwani is a historic Swahili coastal city-state in present-day Tanzania that flourished as a powerful center of Indian Ocean trade between Africa, Arabia, and Asia from the medieval period onward.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Kilwa Kisiwani canonical 12
Kilwa Sultanate 5
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Swahili city-state ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
historic city-state ⓘ
buildingMaterial coral rag ⓘ
conqueredBy Portuguese Empire ⓘ
conquestYear 1505 ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
culture Swahili culture ⓘ
currentUse archaeological tourism site ⓘ
research site ⓘ
exported gold ⓘ
iron ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
quartz ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
flourishedAs trading hub ⓘ
flourishedIn 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
foundationPeriod late 10th century ⓘ
foundedBy Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi ⓘ
governedBy Kilwa Kisiwani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sultanate of Kilwa
hasPart Great Mosque of Kilwa ⓘ
Husuni Kubwa palace ⓘ
Husuni Ndogo ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
stone houses ⓘ
imported beads ⓘ
porcelain ⓘ
spices ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
language Swahili ⓘ
locatedIn East Africa ⓘ
Kilwa District ⓘ
Lindi Region ⓘ
Swahili Coast ⓘ
locatedOn Indian Ocean ⓘ
Kilwa Island ⓘ
partOf Swahili city-states ⓘ
periodOfDecline 15th century ⓘ
politicalSystem sultanate ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
tradedWith Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Arabia

China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
interior of Africa ⓘ
tradeNetwork Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1981 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWith Songo Mnara ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Ocean trade network → majorPort → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
Kilwa Kisiwani → governedBy → Kilwa Kisiwani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sultanate of Kilwa
Swahili Coast → majorCity → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
Swahili Coast → heritageSite → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani
World Heritage Sites in Africa → hasComponentSite → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
Swahili people → urbanCenters → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
Swahili people → heritageSite → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani
Sultanates → notableExample → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sultanate of Kilwa
Kilwa District → hasHistoricSite → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
Kilwa District → contains → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
Kilwa District → contains → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kilwa Kisiwani
Kilwa Island → hasSettlement → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi → founderOf → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi → founderOf → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kilwa Sultanate
Great Mosque of Kilwa → locatedIn → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
Great Mosque of Kilwa → locatedOn → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kilwa Kisiwani Island
Great Mosque of Kilwa → associatedWith → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kilwa Sultanate
Great Mosque of Kilwa → near → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kilwa Fort
Husuni Kubwa palace → locatedIn → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
Husuni Kubwa palace → associatedWith → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kilwa Sultanate
Husuni Kubwa palace → partOf → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kilwa Kisiwani archaeological landscape
Husuni Kubwa palace → overlooks → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: harbor of Kilwa Kisiwani
Husuni Ndogo → locatedIn → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
Husuni Ndogo → partOf → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kilwa Kisiwani archaeological complex
Husuni Ndogo → near → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kilwa Kisiwani harbor
Songo Mnara → heritageSiteWith → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
Songo Mnara → associatedWith → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kilwa Sultanate
Songo Mnara → governingPowerDuringPeak → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kilwa Sultanate
Lindi Region → hasHistoricalSite → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
Omani Empire → hasPart → Kilwa Kisiwani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kilwa