Round 5: Tossup 10

In a city on this body of water, al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman commissioned the palace of Husuni Kubwa and a Great Mosque visited by Ibn Battuta. The sultanate of Kilwa (15[1])lay on this (15[1])body of water, (15[1])where (-5[1])in 1896 (15[1])the British waged what is often considered the shortest war in history (15[1])against (-5[1])an island (15[1])sultanate. A language whose name derives from (*) Arabic is spoken in cities on this body of water like (-5[1])Malindi, which was visited by one of the treasure voyages of Zheng He (10[1])(“JUNG HUH”). Zanzibar lies in this (10[1])ocean, (10[2])which (10[2])Vasco De Gama (10[1])reached after rounding the Cape of Good Hope. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])the Swahili Coast borders what ocean on the eastern side of Africa? (10[1])■END■

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