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Southern Africa and Great Zimbabwe
Evacuation of the Ruins
Most cattle bones on site were found near the wall of the Great Enclosure, indication that the higher ups of the commuinity were probably the only ones that ate beef
Commoners may have gotten goat or mutton, if they had any meat at all
Some huts inside the hill enclosure seemed to be used for special purposes
The people of Great Zimbabwe most likely practiced a traditional religion, the religion's dominant feature being devotion to the spirits of ancestors
Hut's outside of the city enclosure were very close together. Inside the enclosures they were not
In 1450 Great Zimbabwe was abandoned, no one knows why it happened
Excavations of the ruins suggest that Great Zimbabwe's society included multiple social and economic classes
One theory being cattle grazing had worn out the grasslands, in addition farming had worn out the soil, and people had used up all of the salt and timber
Portuguese explorers knew about the site back in the 1500s
Karl Mauch, a german explorer, was one of the first Europeans to discover the remains of the stone dwellings
Empire
What evidence is there to support the idea that the Great Zimbabwe was an organized state?
Great Zimbabwe
The city of Great Zimbabwe stood near an important trade route linking the goldfields with the coastal trading city of Sofala.
Great Zimbabwe gained control of these trade routes.
After gaining control of these trade routes they become there own capital of a thriving state.
The Great Zimbabwe become the economic, political, and religious center of an empire.
What made the Great Zimbabwe become so powerful and important?
Trade
Economy