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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Brada-Anansi: [QB] A comment By Explorer about some people even here on E/S not realizing that stone structures exist south of the desert and that Zimbabwe is not the be all..inspired me to bump this thread. Here is some more pics and drawings: [IMG]http://www.viamigo.com/img/l/p_o_s_t/54/mauritania-ancient-cities.jpg[/IMG] http://www.walata.org/eng/conoce_historia.htmThis is known as the Dhar Tichitt-Walata culture, a unique neolithic culture dating from between BC 2000 and the third century BC. No less than 400 settlements, some of them complete cities, made up this group of towns. [URL=http://www.allempires.net/stone-masonry-civilization...]www.allempires.net/stone-masonry-civilization...[/URL] [IMG]http://wysinger.homestead.com/4temp090.jpg[/IMG] Kerma What’s clear is that Kerma’s civilisation emerged out of an ancient pastoral culture that had flourished in that part of Sudan since at least 7000 B.C. when the first settlements were established. Nearby Kerma archaeologists have discovered one of the two oldest cemeteries ever found in Africa – dating back to 7500 B.C. – and the oldest evidence of cattle domestication ever found in Sudan or, indeed, in the Egyptian Nile Valley. Around 3000 BC a town grew up not far from the Neolithic dwellings place. [IMG]http://www.islamictourism.com/PDFs/Issue%2035/Arabic/Timbuktu-Mali.jpg[/IMG] Mali of course everyone know this one [IMG]http://billygambelaafroasiaticanthropology.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/axumite-debre-damo-church.jpg[/IMG] Debre Damo Monestary Axumite era [IMG]http://images.onesite.com/my.telegraph.co.uk/user/abelian/20071122102644.jpg[/IMG] Gede ruins The most famous of these city states were Kilwa, Lamu, Pate and Mombasa. Lamu town is the oldest living Swahili town in Kenya all other great cities Kilwa, Pate are now in ruins. The town is one of the last still viable reminders of the Swahili civilisation that dominated the East African coast for many centuries. my.telegraph.co.uk/.../blog/cat/general/page/3 [IMG]http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/v3/10-28-2007.NTR_28harar3.G0V28SE1R.1.jpg[/IMG] From Wire Reports Anita Powell, The Associated Press HARAR, Ethiopia – For 1,000 years, this city on a hilltop has been a center of Islamic faith in the Horn of Africa, with a forbidding, 13-foot wall surrounding ancient mosques and serpentine alleyways. Photos by ANITA POWELL/The Associated Press Left: The wall-ringed ancient city of Harar is the fourth-holiest city in Islam - behind Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. Last year, UNESCO designated it a World Heritage site. Now leaders of Harar are hoping it can become a center of tourism as well. "The future of Harar is tourist attraction," says regional president Murad Abdulhadi. Harar was named a UNESCO World Heritage site last year, joining some of the world's top landmarks such as the Grand Canyon, the Great Wall of China and the Acropolis in Greece. It also is the fourth-holiest city in Islam – behind Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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