HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Eastern Africa
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Northern Africa
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Southern Africa
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Western Africa
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Detailed explanation-1: -The stone constructions of Great Zimbabwe can be categorized into roughly three areas: the Hill Ruin (on a rocky hilltop), the Great Enclosure, and the Valley Ruins (map below).
Detailed explanation-2: -Its capital, today’s Masvingo (meaning fortified), which is commonly called Great Zimbabwe, is the largest stone structure in precolonial Southern Africa.
Detailed explanation-3: -Great Zimbabwe is the name given to the remains, sometimes referred to as the Great Zimbabwe Ruins, of an ancient Southern African city, located at in present-day Zimbabwe which was once the center of a vast empire known as the Munhumutapa Empire (also called Monomotapa Empire).
Detailed explanation-4: -Begun during the eleventh century A.D. by Bantu-speaking ancestors of the Shona, Great Zimbabwe was constructed and expanded for more than 300 years in a local style that eschewed rectilinearity for flowing curves.