Name used by medieval Muslim geographers to refer to a portion of Southeast Africa
The Swahili coastThe Bantu inhabited areas
Zanj (Arabic: زَنْج, adj. زنجي, Zanjī; from Persian: زنگ, romanized: Zang)[1][2] is a term used by medieval Muslim geographers to refer to both a certain portion of Southeast Africa (primarily the Swahili Coast) and to its Bantu inhabitants.[3] This word is also the origin of the place-names Zanzibar ("coast of the Zanji") and the Sea of Zanj.
The latinization Zingium serves as an archaic name for the coastal area in modern Kenya and Tanzania in southern East Africa. The architecture of these commercial urban settlements is now a subject of study for urban planning.[4][5] For centuries the coastal settlements were a source of ivory, gold, and slaves, from sections of the conquered hinterland, to the Indian Ocean world.[6]
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^Pollard, E.; Fleisher, J.; Wynne-Jones, S. (2012). "Beyond the Stone Town: Maritime Architecture at Fourteenth–Fifteenth Century Songo Mnara, Tanzania". Journal of Maritime Archaeology. 7 (1): 43–62. Bibcode:2012JMarA...7...43P. doi:10.1007/s11457-012-9094-9. S2CID 162935843.
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