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Architecture Residing on the coast of East Africa, the Great Mosque was one of the many structures in Kilwa that was built in a fairly common fashion of its time. The walls of the mosque were built and developed of generally squared and coursed coral stone. Often times, the courses in between would have chips built in to level them out. These types of walls were barely made below the ground and were made with mud mortar. The floors were slowly made of lime plaster, and later, the walls were made of lime mortar(Chittick). However, due to decline in wealth in Kilwa in the late 14th century, it led to less construction of buildings and building maintenance because the demand for lime and building stone lessened (pollard). Because of Kilwa's decline, the Great Mosque was reported to be in ruins(pollard).

Evolution In the 15th century, Kilwa had a growing trading economy and wealth flourished. Because of this growth in the economy, it led to a new extension built to the Great Mosque (pollard). During this time of prosperity, the Great Mosque was also rebuilt, including the arched and domed designed roofs (Fagan).

CITATIONS Chittick, Neville. “The ‘Shirazi’ Colonization of East Africa.” The Journal of African History, vol. 6, no. 3, 1965, pp. 275–294. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/180168.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Ad6f33007721f6ab237a0be9c69abc521

Pollard, Edward John. “The Maritime Landscape of Kilwa Kisiwani and Its Region, Tanzania, 11th to 15th Century AD.” Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, vol. 27, no. 3, 2008, pp. 265–280. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278416508000330

Fagan, Brian. “The Secrets of Zimbabwe.” The Unesco Courier, no. 5, 1984, pp. 8–10. https://go.gale.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T003&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA3247479&docType=Article&sort=RELEVANCE&contentSegment=ZCUN-MOD1&prodId=PPBE&contentSet=GALE%7CA3247479&searchId=R1&userGroupName=cuny_queens&inPS=true