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Eastern City-States and Southern Empires, Social Systems - Coggle Diagram
Eastern City-States and Southern Empires
Excavations of the ruins
The excavations of the ruins included a complex of walled enclosures on a large hill, another group of enclosures south of the hill, called the great enclosure, and more recent ruins in the valley between the two.
In addition to the stone walls of the enclosures, there are ruins of many huts that were constructed with mud or stone, both within and without the walls of the enclosures.
Most of the stone structures in Great Zimbabwe were probably built between 1250 and 1450
Excavations of the ruins suggest that Great Zimbabwe's society included multiple social and economic classes.
Huts outside of the city's enclosures were very close together, but inside of the enclosures, they were not. This showed that those living inside the enclosures enjoyed elite status.
Some huts inside the hill enclosure seemed to be for special purposes, such as religious purposes.
Great Zimbabwe
Great Zimbabwe was a city in south Africa
Zimbabwe helped costal cites grow
Zimbabwe had trade route to the gold field helping the costal cites grow
The people in great Zimbabwe practiced a religion similar to shona
In 1450 The great Zimbabwe was abounded possibly to them wearing out the grass lands
Another reason that they abounded the city because of the city size being to small
https://www.britannica.com/summary/Great-Zimbabwe
I think a big theme in this section is trade because The Great Zimbabwe had multiple trade routes that helped the costal cities
Another concept is culture A big part of Zimbabwe was there religon
Why did all of the people leave the great Zimbabwe
Social Systems