Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| [3] An important city for trade, around the 13th century there were increased fortifications and a greater flow of goods. | WIKI |
| For these to take place, there would need to be a form of political administration overseeing the city, controlling the movement of goods. | WIKI |
| Ali bin Al-Hasan is credited with founding the island city and with marrying the daughter of the local king. | WIKI |
| He did, however, come to power and is credited with fortifying the city and increasing trade. | WIKI |
| Archaeological and documentary research has revealed that over the next few centuries, Kilwa grew to be a substantial city and the leading commercial entrepxc3xb4t on the southern half of the Swahili Coast (roughly from the present Tanzanian-Kenya border southward to the mouth of the Zambezi River), trading extensively with states of the Southeast African hinterland as far as Zimbabwe. | WIKI |
| By the 12th century, under the rule of the Abu'-Mawahib dynasty, Kilwa had become the most powerful city on the Swahili Coast. | WIKI |
| Ibn Battuta recorded his visit to the city around 1331, and commented favorably on the generosity, humility, and religion of its ruler, Sultan al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman. | WIKI |
| He was also particularly impressed by the planning of the city and believed that it was the reason for Kilwa's success along the coast. | WIKI |
| Kilwa was an important and also wealthy city for the trade of gold, because of this some of the people who lived in Kilwa had a higher standard of living, but many others were also poor. | WIKI |
| The city regained some of its earlier prosperity, but in 1784 was conquered by the Omani rulers of Zanzibar. | WIKI |
| After the Omani conquest, the French built and manned a fort at the northern tip of the island, but the city itself was abandoned in the 1840s. | WIKI |
| The remains of Kilwa Kisiwani cover much of the island with many parts of the city still unexcavated. | UNESCO |
| The ability of the islands to continue to express truthfully their values has been maintained in terms of design and materials due to limited consolidation of the structures using coral stone and other appropriate materials, but is vulnerable, particularly on Kilwa Kisiwani to urban encroachment and coastal damage as these threaten the ability to understand the overall layout of the mediaeval port city. | UNESCO |