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World Heritage places tagged “shona” in Zimbabwe · Mysteria

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🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city

Great Zimbabwe

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.