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    Tanzania, Zanzibar kept a semi-autonomous status, with Stone Town as its local government seat. Stone Town is a city of prominent historical and artistic importance...
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    Stone Town (Portuguese: Cidade de Pedra) is a town situated towards the northern end of the Island of Mozambique. Pottery found on Mozambique Island indicates...
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    Zanzibar City, located on the island of Unguja. Its historic centre, Stone Town, is a World Heritage Site. Zanzibar's main industries are spices, raffia...
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    with the street on the Stone Town side of the creek originally called Creek Road but later renamed to Benjamin Mkapa Road. Stone Town is the historical core...
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  • Stones Town is a village in the Rural District in the Western Area of Sierra Leone. Stones Town is about seventeen miles east of Freetown. The main economic...
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    HMCS Stone Town was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily as a convoy escort...
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    The stone town is an area consisting of over 120 naturally formed stone pillars, located in the village of Kuklica, near Kratovo in North Macedonia. Kuklica...
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    Stone is a market town and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of the county town of Stafford, 7 miles...
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    Stone Town also known as Mji Mkongwe is the old part of the Zanzibar City. The Town was the capital of the Sultanate of Zanzibar and at one point the...
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  • Yemenis settled in what became Zanzibar City (Stone Town) as a convenient point from which to trade with towns on the Swahili Coast. They established garrisons...
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    The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, on behalf...
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    among sources), Said bin Sultan moved his capital from Muscat in Oman to Stone Town on Zanzibar. He established a ruling Arab elite and encouraged the development...
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  • Rogers. Based on the 2003 novel Stone Cold by Robert B. Parker, the film is about the police chief of a small New England town who investigates a series of...
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    be traced back to 1820 when Sultan Said moved the Omani Sultanate to Stone Town, Zanzibar. This marked a shift from waqf as an Islamic scriptural imperative...
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    Agadez Stone Town in Zanzibar City (World Heritage Site) Old Kairouan, in Tunisia Medina of Sousse in Tunisia Medina of Tunis in Tunisia Old Town in Dhaka...
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    cathedral of St. Joseph is one of the most important historical buildings in Stone Town, Zanzibar, as well as one of its main visitor attractions. The church...
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    a high degree of autonomy. The local Zanzibari government is based in Stone Town, on the west coast of Unguja.[citation needed] As of the 2012 census,...
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  • characters from the Jesse Stone novels created by Robert B. Parker, the film is about the retired police chief of a small New England town who investigates the...
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    The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The...
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  • made at Shanga. Among these discoveries are the excavation of the stone town, stone tombs, human remains, the excavation of the Eastern, Western and Friday...
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    Big Stone Gap is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States. The town was economically centered around the coal industry for much of its early development...
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    Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress, painter and former model. Known for primarily playing femmes fatales and mysterious women...
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    fortification located in Stone Town, the capital of Zanzibar. It is the oldest building and a major visitor attraction of Stone Town. It is located on the...
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    Stone Soup is a European folk story in which hungry strangers convince the people of a town to each share a small amount of their food in order to make...
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    Stones River Town Centre (formerly Stones River Mall) is a partially enclosed regional shopping mall in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. Built...
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  • characters from the Jesse Stone novels created by Robert B. Parker, the film is about the police chief of a small New England town who returns from his forced...
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    The Stone Roses were an English rock band formed in Manchester, England in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement in...
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  • when the town council forced Jesse Stone out of his job as the Paradise Chief of Police. The council dubbed it "early retirement" and granted Stone a partial...
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  • Stone City, Iowa historic town in Iowa, United States Stone City, Iowa (painting), 1930 painting by Grant Wood Stone Town, ancient fortified site in...
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    al-ʿAjāʾib) is a landmark building in Stone Town, Zanzibar. It is the largest and tallest building of Stone Town and occupies a prominent place facing...
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