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  • Merca

  • Merca

    Merca is an ancient port city in the southern Lower Shebelle province of Somalia. During the Middle Ages, the area was one of several prominent administrative centers of the Ajuran Sultanate.
    Archaeological Site
    Merca
    by tahir turk, CC BY-SA 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Merca

    Archaeological Site

     

     

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Somalia

    Lower Shebelle

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    13th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic + Italian

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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