Verified20.2675° S · 30.9336° E · 1100 m
Great Zimbabwe
Iron Age (Zimbabwe Period: Great Zimbabwe 1100–1450 CE)·Ancestral Shona (Karanga)·🇿🇼 Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe
About
About Great Zimbabwe
Capital of Kingdom of Zimbabwe (11th–15th c) with dry-stone walls up to 11 m (Great Enclosure) without mortar, Hill Complex and Valley Enclosures controlling Indian Ocean gold trade.
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History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1100–1450 CE (Great Enclosure c.1320–1450)
- Period
- Iron Age (Zimbabwe Period: Great Zimbabwe 1100–1450 CE)
- Culture
- Ancestral Shona (Karanga)
- Purpose
- Royal city and trading capital
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1100–1450 CE (Great Enclosure c.1320–1450)
Initial construction
c. 1452 CE
Major expansion
Location
Where it is
20.2675° S · 30.9336° E · 1100 m
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