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| Elaborately carved doorways adorning the facades of houses in the East African city of Zanzibar evidence the influence of Arab cultures in the region. The rise of an Omani commercial empire during the 1800s established Zanzibar’s importance in East Africa and the Indian Ocean. | ||||||
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| Stephanie Colasanti/Corbis | ||||||
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| African Art and Architecture; Arabs; Zanzibar (island) | ||||||
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