Late Middle Ages · Africa · Exploration
1334
Ibn Battuta visits Kilwa Kisiwani
1334
The Moroccan traveler reached the Swahili island-city and marveled at its stone houses, its gold trade with Sofala, and its sultan's piety. He called Kilwa one of the most beautiful cities in the world. His account remains the richest eyewitness description of East Africa's medieval commercial civilization at its height.
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.