Kilwa pot sherds
AD 900-1400 · Resource
Broken ceramic sherds - local earthenware mixed with Chinese celadon and Islamic glazed ware - from the Swahili trading city of Kilwa Kisiwani. Physical proof of medieval Indian Ocean trade.
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Around 1150
- Anarchy in England (1135)
- Angkor Wat built (1113)
- Kamakura shogunate established (1192)
- Genghis Khan (1162)
- Norman invasion of Ireland (1169)
- Saladin retakes Jerusalem (1187)
- Reign of Henry II (1154)
- Kamakura shogunate (1185)
- Reign of Frederick I Barbarossa (1155)
- Frederick I Barbarossa (1122)