The earliest Bantu settlements in the Swahili coast appear on the archaeological record in Kwale County in Kenya, Misasa in Tanzania and Ras Hafun in Somalia. (jan 1, 100 BC – jan 1, 300)
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Chap Kusimba and Randal Pouwells. The Rise and Fall of Swahili States. The International Journal of African Historical Studies 33(2):437. DOI: 10.2307/220701.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274126407_The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Swahili_States
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jan 1, 100 BC
jan 1, 300
~ 400 years