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(The Shona people had settled the fertile, well-watered plateau between…

- - - - From the 1200s through the 1400s, it became the capital of a thriving state
        
        Great Zimbabwe became the economic, political, and religious center of its empire
        
        By 1450, Great Zimbabwe was abandoned.
        
        farming had worn out the soil, and people had used up the salt and timber. The area could no longer support a large population.
- - - - Some huts inside the hill enclosure seem to be for special purposes.
        
        Portuguese explorers knew about the sit in 1500s.
        
        Karl Mauch a German explorer was ome of the first Europeans to discover the remains of the stone dwellings in 1871
        
        What evidence is there to support the idea that the Great Zimbabwe was an organized state?
        
        His society had very many socail and economic classes. He had huts outside of the city and they were very close together. Inside the huts it looked like they lived like elites.
- - - - the elite of the community were probably the only ones who ate beef; commoners may have eaten goat or sheep.