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Choose a Page:Who are the Tuareg?Was one language ever spoken all o...What were the traditional religions?What was the Nok culture?Where was Carthage?What were early African villages like?What was the east coast trade?What was the Axumite empire?*What early African buildings have ...*What is a kinship group?Who carved churches out of solid rock?What was the kingdom of Benin famo...Who was Shaka?When was Christianity first introd...What was Great Zimbabwe?Did all Africans come from one gro... What early African buildings have survived? At Kilwa, on the east coast, some 14th-century buildings have been excavated. These rare finds survived because they were made from locally cut coral, rather than wood, earth, and grass.   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: History Chapter: African Civilisation