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| | Destinations :|: Tanzania >> Kenya >> Uganda | Zanzibar Island is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Tanzania. Good hotels and beaches in picturesque and historically very interesting surroundings make Zanzibar well worth visiting. The island has a long history. The original inhabitants were probably Bantus crossing the sea from the mainland of East Africa before traders and sailors from the Arabic peninsula went ashore on the island more than one thousand years ago. The Arabic influence is considerable and has leaven all through both culture and religion.Zanzibar Town was a from the 18th century a very important centre for dealer in ivory and slave trading. The old Stone Town in Zanzibar Town reminds you of what happened during that era. In connection to the Anglican Church there is a museum showing where and how the slaves we kept awaiting to be sold at the nearby slave market. Zanzibar is well known for its spices and a tour around the island to see and learn to know how these spices are grown and to enjoy their nice smell is refreshing for both eye, nose and soul. |  |
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| | Zanzibar History & Culture When most of the western world was still sunk in the darkness of the Middle Ages, Zanzibar was already a meeting place for traders from the great Oriental cultures – China, Persia and Arabia. It nestle in the middle of a mercantile civilization, stretching from Somalia in the north down the coast of East Africa to Mozambique in the south. This kingdom and its inhabitants were known as the Swahili the people of coast. They traded gold, ivory and cloth with visitors from across the India Ocean, built handsome stone houses and had well development system of government, Envoys, merchants and even pirates from as far away as Japan and Russia came to Zanzibar and its environs in sailing ships, blown across the seas by the by the north east monsoon and returning, their holds laden with trade goods, on the south west wind .be confined on the island until the ships which were to transport them north were made ready............( Read More ) |
