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🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Great Zimbabwe — Buried Valley Midden North (Great Enclosure) in Masvingo, Great Zimbabwe, Buried Midden, Zimbabwe is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 …
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city
Iron Age (Zimbabwe Period: Great Zimbabwe 1100–1450 CE) · Ancestral Shona (Karanga)
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.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Volubilis Olive Press Complex West in Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
