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  Africa II  
       
  Typical wooden balcony in the Arab quarter, Mombasa.  
       
  Dhows like this one are the traditional means of transporting goods throughout the Indian Ocean.  
       
  Gravestones at chapel built by Saint Francis Xavier, Malindi, Kenya.  
       
  Fourteenth-century toilet and washbasins at Gedi, an abandoned Muslim site on the Kenyan coast.  
       
  Shoppers dressed in jellaba, protective clothing against wind, sand, and sun, in a village souk, or market, in Morocco.  
       
  Koutubia Minar, the remaining minaret of a twelfth-century mosque, a landmark of Marrakech.  
       
  Date market on the great square of Marrakech.  
       
  The military harbor of the ancient city of Carthage. Located near modern-day Tunis, it is today a fashionable suburban neighborhood.  
       
  The remains of the ancient city of Carthage. Located on a hill overlooking the military harbor, it was destroyed in the second century B.C.E. by the Romans.  
       
  Columns of the Roman Forum next to the Punic ruins of Carthage looking out on the bay and the modern city of Tunis.  
       
  Roman head at the Roman Forum near Carthage.  
       
  Mosaics at entrance to Roman baths near Tunis, which are made of brick and are one of the largest bath complexes of the Roman Empire.  
       
  Tophet near Tunis, with containers for the remains of children sacrificed to the gods.  
       
  Colorful doorways in the Medina, or old quarter, of Tunis.  
       
  Recycled Roman columns in the medieval entrance to the Tunis Medina.  
       
  Tunis mosques and skyline seen from the Medina.  
       
  A traditional Muslim bed in Tunis. Beds of this size were designed for use by Muslim husbands who take up to the permitted four wives.  
       
  A camel nibbling at a tree in Djibouti, in northeastern Africa. Camels are still commonly used as beasts of burden throughout the region.  
       
   
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