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(Excavation of the ruins, Great Zimbabwe) - Coggle Diagram
Excavation of the ruins
Shona people built the city
covered more than 10,000 acres
walls contain 900,000 stone and isn't held by mortar
walls built to impress visitors
Great Zimbabwe
grew into an empire built on the gold trade
farming and cattle raising
economic advantages
gained control of trade routes
what are some of the reasons the people of the Great Zimbabwe may have abandoned the site? could no longer furnish food for the over populated city.
became the economic, political, and religious center of the empire
important trade route linking the goldfields with the coastal trading city of Sofala.
walled enclosures on a large hill, enclosures south of the hill, Great Enclosure, and more recent ruins on the valley between.
there were many ruins that were constructed of mud or stone built between 1250 and 1450
multiple social and economic classes
huts were very close together but inside of enclosures they were not showing elite status
huts inside of the hill enclosures were there for special purposes like religious ceremonies
concept: trade... this is connected because they gained control over the trade routes and was built on the gold trade.
zimbabwe comes from a Shona phrase meaning stone houses
curved walls inside the stone houses, cone-shaped towers, and massive walls
https://thequietwriter.com/2018/04/30/zimbabwe-house-where-art-and-architecture-combine-atozchallenge/
demanded payments from less powerful chiefs
