Great Zimbabwe: Stone City of Southern Africa

Ancient History 1100 AD Medieval 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 1,057 views

Great Zimbabwe was a medieval stone city that served as the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe between the 11th and 15th centuries, the largest ancient structure in sub-Saharan Africa.

A City Built Without MortarGreat Zimbabwe is the largest collection of ancient ruins south of the Sahara, covering nearly 800 hectares in the southeastern highlands of present-day Zimbabwe. Built between the 11th and 15th centuries by the ancestors of the Shona people, its iconic dry-stone walls — s...

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