HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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They mined salt and sold it to Berbers
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They taxed the trade goods that went through their land.
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They raised cattle and sold them
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The made and sold textiles
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Detailed explanation-1: -Great Zimbabwe was part of a large and wealthy global trading network. Archaeologists have found pottery from China and Persia, as well as Arab coins in the ruins there. The elite of the Zimbabwe Empire controlled trade up and down the east African coast.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the twelfth century, Great Zimbabwe was the center of a powerful state built by the Shona people. It traded goods with merchants from as far away as Asia. In the 1400s, its rulers got rich. They collected tribute and taxes on trade between the local gold fields and cities on the East African coast.
Detailed explanation-3: -Archaeological evidence suggests that Great Zimbabwe became a center for trading, with a trade network linked to Kilwa Kisiwani and extending as far as China. This international trade was mainly in gold and ivory. The rulers of Zimbabwe brought artistic and stone masonry traditions from Mapungubwe.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Great Zimbabwe Empire (circa 1000-1500 CE) was a rich empire that thrived on a trade based largely on ivory and gold.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Kingdom of Zimbabwe controlled the ivory and gold trade from the interior to the southeastern coast of Africa. Asian and Arabic goods could be found in abundance in the kingdom’s region. Economic domestication, which had been crucial to the earlier proto-Shona states, was also practiced.