History
1100-1450 CE
When did the Great Zimbabwe become a major city?
The Hill Complex, The Great Enclosure, and The Valley Ruins
What were the major sites?
The traditional Shona religion
What was their main religion?
People moved North and started establishing new capitals
What is migration?
1400 CE
When was the construction for the Great Enclosure?
Gold, Ivory, and Copper
What were the natural resources?
16,600,000
What was the population?
Overgrazing and deforestation
What were the main causes that damaged their land?
1100 CE
What year did it became a major trade center?
Up and down the East African coast
Where they controlled the trade?
Making things out of stone
What people skilled in?
Dry stone building
What was their main architecture technique?
1450 CE
What year made everybody move due to resource exhaustion?
Gold mines
What was found in the area of the Great Zimbabwe?
The Barter system
What kind of system they used for their currency?
Shona peoples heritage and influencing modern traditions
What did the Great Zimbabwe represent?
1200 CE
When was the expansion of the Hill Complex?
The Limpopo and Zambezi river
The rivers is it located between?
Ndebele
What was the least common language spoken?
Resource exhaustion, Water shortages, decline in trade routes, political fragmentation, and migration.
What were the 5 reasons for the decline?