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==Old Mombasa== | ==Old Mombasa== | ||
[[File: | [[File:H2_Turf_1.png|thumb|250px|A street in Old Mombasa during the Covenant invasion]] | ||
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The mainland area of Mombasa was known as Old Mombasa. By 2552, it remained much the same as it had been in the preceding centuries. Its architecture was a hodgepodge of old and new: 16th-century Muslim arcades, aging 21st-century office buildings, looming 26th-century power couplings, old concrete homes secured with computerized locks. Clotheslines strung next to power lines, and mechanical gates set into ancient brick walls. The culture also seems displaced; while New Mombasa was populated with industrial workers and ambitious cosmopolitans, Old Mombasa was considered to be more of an old rundown slum that deteriorates by the day. The denizens of the old city were largely isolated from the residents of New Mombasa; even their dialect was completely different from the standard language.<ref name="halo2"/><ref name="sunrise"/> | The mainland area of Mombasa was known as Old Mombasa. By 2552, it remained much the same as it had been in the preceding centuries. Its architecture was a hodgepodge of old and new: 16th-century Muslim arcades, aging 21st-century office buildings, looming 26th-century power couplings, old concrete homes secured with computerized locks. Clotheslines strung next to power lines, and mechanical gates set into ancient brick walls. The culture also seems displaced; while New Mombasa was populated with industrial workers and ambitious cosmopolitans, Old Mombasa was considered to be more of an old rundown slum that deteriorates by the day. The denizens of the old city were largely isolated from the residents of New Mombasa; even their dialect was completely different from the standard language.<ref name="halo2"/><ref name="sunrise"/> | ||
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== New Mombasa == | == New Mombasa == | ||
[[File:Nm skyline 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The skyline of New Mombasa in 2552]] | [[File:Nm skyline 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The skyline of New Mombasa in 2552]] | ||