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Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
The remains of two great East African ports admired by early European explorers lie on two small islands off the coast. From the 13th to the 16th centuries, Kilwa's merchants dealt in gold, silver, pearls, perfume, Arab pottery, Persian ceramics, and Chinese porcelain; much of the Indian Ocean trade passed through them.
Ḥimā Cultural Area
The Hima cultural area is located in the arid mountains of southwestern Saudi Arabia, on one of the ancient caravan routes of the Arabian Peninsula, and contains a rich collection of rock art depicting hunting, animals, plants and lifestyles over 7,000 years of cultural continuity. Throughout the ages, until the end of the 20th century, travelers and armies camped at the site left behind a large number of rock inscriptions and petroglyphs, most of which are well preserved. The inscriptions are written in different scripts, including Musnad, Aramaic-Nabataean, South Arabian, Taimudic, Greek and Arabic. The property and its buffer zone also contain a rich collection of unexcavated archaeological resources, including cairns, stone structures, tombs, scattered stone tools and ancient wells. The site is the oldest known toll station on an important ancient desert caravan route, and the Bi'r Ḥimā well here is at least 3,000 years old and still produces fresh water.
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn
Tallinn's history dates back to the 13th century, when crusading knights of the Teutonic Order built a castle on the site. Tallinn grew into a major centre of the Hanseatic League, and its wealth is evident in its magnificent public buildings (especially its churches) and its civil architecture of merchant houses, which have survived remarkably well despite damage from fire and war over the centuries.
Dajingmen Scenic Area
Dajingmen is a very special pass among the many passes of the Great Wall of China. It has been listed as an important pass like Shanhaiguan, Juyongguan and Jiayuguan in domestic and foreign academic circles. The passes of the Great Wall of my country are all called "passes" and "passes", but only the pass in Zhangjiakou is called "Jingmen", which contains the charm of "business culture" and "martial culture" and also flows with the historical origin of ethnic integration. Since the fifth year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty, the area around Yuanbaoshan outside Dajingmen in Zhangjiakou has gradually formed a border trade market known as "tribute market" and "tea-horse trade" in history. Livestock, furs, medicinal materials, woolen fabrics, silverware, etc. from the Mongolian grasslands and the hinterland of Europe were exchanged for silk, tea, porcelain and white sugar here, and the area outside Dajingmen became an inland port for international barter trade in northern my country. The feudal dynasty used the Great Wall and the gate as boundaries, and foreigners doing business could only trade outside the city. "Jingmen" means the gate of the border. In 1927, the four large characters "Great Rivers and Mountains" written in Yan style by Gao Weiyue, the governor of Chahar, on the lintel of Dajing Gate are vigorous and powerful, quite spectacular, and add more charm to Dajing Gate.
Cao Family Garden
Cao's Garden, located on Wuma Road in Hebei District, Tianjin, was originally Sun's Garden. In the late Qing Dynasty, it was built by Sun Zhongying, a comprador and arms merchant. Today, it is the location of the 254th Hospital of the People's Liberation Army. Sun Zhongying, a native of Nanjing, Jiangsu, initially worked in a bank in Shanghai. In the 16th year of Emperor Guangxu's reign (1890), he came to Tianjin to do business and worked as a comprador in a foreign company. He met Li Hongzhang and then engaged in arms business, making a lot of money. In the 29th year of Emperor Guangxu's reign (1903), it was the period of development of the Hebei New District. He bought land in Hebei, starting from Yuanwei Road in the west, Zhouwei Road in the east, Wuma Road in the south, and Xinkai River in the north, covering an area of more than 200 acres, built a house and a private garden. The garden is full of flowers and trees, pavilions and pavilions, and the stream flows around, which is also quite elegant, so it is called Sun's Garden. In the 32nd year of Emperor Guangxu's reign (1906), in order to make friends with the new rich, he sold the garden privately to Cao Kun. Cao Kun, courtesy name Zhongshan, was from Tianjin and sold cloth in his early years. In the eighth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1882), he joined the Xinjian Army as a soldier and was selected to study at the Tianjin Military Academy. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, he attached himself to Yuan Shikai and was promoted to the commander of the Third Army of the Xinjian Army in the 32nd year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu. Cao Kun took a fancy to the Sun Family Garden and bought it from Sun Zhongying with a large sum of money. Since then, "Sun Family Garden" was renamed "Cao Family Garden". After that, Cao Kun relied on his power and used the wealth he had plundered to expand the garden site and built a large number of buildings in the garden. He demolished the old houses and rebuilt them into palace-style buildings, with corridors connecting each building. He also built Western-style double-column gates and curved eaves for his children. The Prince's Building and the Princess' Building were also built. Rockeries were piled up in the garden, an artificial lake was dug, a pavilion in the center of the lake was built, and a swimming pool was built. Stone men, stone horses, stone sheep, and stone lions were placed in front of the door of each building. The garden is lush with trees and flowers, elegant and pleasant, and was the best private garden at that time. During the expansion and renovation of Cao's Garden, many stones came from other garden sites such as Shuixizhuang.