TURNING POINTS · 19th C.
Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Stone Town blends Swahili, Arab, Indian and European architecture. Its slave market was closed in 1873.
The story, as a puzzle
The shortest war.
This island port was a centre of the East African slave and spice trades. In 1896 it was the scene of what is often called the shortest war in history, lasting under an hour. Pin the old town.
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