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Djenné-Djenno

One of sub-Saharan Africa's oldest cities, on the inland Niger delta; proof of complex urban trade long before Arab contact. UNESCO-listed.

Dated events and their evidence

• 250 BCE mainstream
  founding source
• 250 BCE mainstream
  permanent settlement established source
• 600 CE mainstream
  peak population ~20,000 source
• 800 CE mainstream
  peak population of 10,000+ source
• 1400 CE mainstream
  abandonment source

Where

13.8873° N, 4.5375° W

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djenn%C3%A9-Djenno
• https://www.worldhistory.org/Djenne-Djenno/
• https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/116/

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