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Historical Sites
Overview
Republic of Tanzania was formed, unifying the Tanganyika mainland with the semi-autonomous islands of the Zanzibar Archipelago, and merging TANU and the ASP to form CCM, Chama cha Mapinduzi, the Party of the Revolution which rules Tanzania to the present day (2020).
ENGARUKA
The port town of Lindi, in South-Western Tanzania, was the final stop for slave caravans from Lake Nyasa during the heyday of the Zanzibari Sultans.
In 1909, a team of German palaeontologists unearthed the remains of several dinosaur bones in Tendaguru, including the species Brachiosaurus brancai, the largest discovered dinosaur in the world.
KILWA KISIWANI
The island of Kilwa Kisiwani and the nearby ruins of Songo Mnara are among the most important remnants of Swahili civilization on the East African Coast. The area became the centre point of Swahili civilization in the 13th century, when it controlled the gold trade with Sofala, a distant settlement in Mozambique. After a brief decline under the rule of the Portuguese, Kilwa once again became a centre of Swahili trade in the 18th century, when slaves were shipped from its port to the islands of Comoros, Mauritius and Reunion.
“A tour of the heartland of Swahili culture is a great way for visitors to immerse themselves”
LINDI
The port town of Lindi, in South-Western Tanzania, was the final stop for slave caravans from Lake Nyasa during the heyday of the Zanzibari Sultans. In 1909, a team of German palaeontologists unearthed the remains of several dinosaur bones in Tendaguru, including the species Brachiosaurus brancai, the largest discovered dinosaur in the world.
Mikindani
Another central port in the Swahili Coast’s network of Indian Ocean trade, in the 15th century Mikindani’s reach extended as far as the African hinterlands of the Congo and Zambia. The area became a centre of German colonial administration in the 1880s and a chief exporter of sisal, coconuts, and slaves.
OLDUVAI GORGE AND LAETOLI FOOTPRINTS SITE
Humans and their distant ancestors have been part of tourist attractions in Ngorongoro landscape for millions of years. The earliest signs of mankind in the Conservation Area are at Laetoli, where hominid footprints are preserved in volcanic rock 3.6 million years old.
The story continues at Olduvai Gorge, a river canyon cut 100 m deep through the volcanic soil of the Serengeti Plains. Buried in the layers are the remains of animals and hominids that lived and died around a shallow lake amid grassy plains and woodlands. These remains date from two million years ago. Visitors can learn more details of this fascinating story by visiting the site, where guides give a fascinating on-site interpretation of the gorge.
ZANZIBAR
The most obvious historical site in Zanzibar is Stone Town, a World Heritage Site and the oldest continuously inhabited city in East Africa, but Zanzibar has much more to offer visitors.
From the ruins of numerous palaces stemming from the Omani sultans, ancient mosques (notably the mosque at Kizimkazi which contains the oldest known Swahili text), Persian bathhouses, and colonial buildings (in the Indian Colonial style), Zanzibar is an absolute treasure trove for the historically inclined.
KONDOA ROCK ART SITES
The Kondoa rock art site is a series of caves carved into the side of a hill looking out over the steppe. The cave site is nine kilometres off the main highway from Kondoa to Arusha, about 20 km north of Kondoa. The site has a spectacular collection of images from over 150 shelters depicting elongated people, animals, and hunting scenes. Today many of the shelters arestill considered to have ritual associations with the people who live nearby, reflecting their beliefs, rituals and cosmological traditions.
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