Great Zimbabwe

Great Zimbabwe was a city in the south-eastern hills of the modern country of Zimbabwe, near Masvingo. It was settled from around 1000 CE, and served as the capital of the Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe from the 13th century. It is the largest stone structure in precolonial Southern Africa.

Major construction on the city began in the 11th century until the 15th century, and it was abandoned in the 16th or 17th century.
The edifices were erected by ancestors of the Shona people, currently located in Zimbabwe and nearby countries.
The stone city spans an area of 7.

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