"Great Zimbabwe" is a ruin in what is today
south/central Zimbabwe.
It is situated near the town of Masvingo,
near the Chimanimani Mountains
It was likely built by ancestors of todays Shona people
and was the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe.
Archeologists place these structures as between
the 11th and 14th Century.
The white Government of Southern Rhodesia, it is said,
placed pressure upon archeologists
to suggest that Arab Traders were the builders
and not the native, black population.
Here is a long shot of the Inner Court.
The entire area housed up to 20,000 people.
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