Great Zimbabwe

Great Zimbabwe

ruins, archaeological site

Pahi la	Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Yu'maŋli	Great Zimbabwe National Monument
Zuliya wuhibu	Great Zimbabwe
Tiŋa	Zimbabwe
Din be shɛli polona	Masvingo Province
Tiŋgbaŋ yaɣili calinli	20°16′12″S 30°55′59″E
Heritage designation	World Heritage Site
World Heritage soli	(i), (iii), (vi)

This article is about the city. For the state that had it as its capital, see Kingdom of Zimbabwe.

Great Zimbabwe daa nyɛla tiŋ'shɛli din be south-eastern zoya ni Zimbabwe, ka miri Masvingo. Di daa pilila 1000 AD, ka daa nyɛ tiŋ

'zuɣu n zaŋti Kingdom of Zimbabwe bini din gbaai 13th century. Dini n-nyɛ bɛ ni zaŋ kuɣa mɛ shɛli ka di galisi pam Southern Africa. Di mɛbu yaa daa pilila 11th century zaŋ hali ni 15th century, ka bɛ daa ti zo ka chɛli 16th bee 17th century. Di ni daaa wurim ka che shɛli daa nyɛla Shona nim ni labi yiɣisi shɛli, Saha ŋɔ di bela Zimbabwe tinkɔɣila. Di pahila World Heritage Site din be UNESCO nim nuu ni.

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Anfooninima

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  The Conical Tower
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  Modern wood carving at the entrance of the Great Zimbabwe
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  The Great Enclosure
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  The Great Enclosure (close)
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  The Great Enclosure (far)
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  The Hill Complex from the Valley
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  Wooden lintel in doorway

See also

• Other ruins in Zimbabwe
  • Bumbusi
  • Danangombe
  • Naletale
  • Khami
  • Ziwa
  • Leopard's Kopje
  • Mapela, Zimbabwe
• Related ruins outside Zimbabwe
  • Manyikeni – a Mozambiquean archaeological site believed to be part of the Great Zimbabwe tradition of architecture
• Similar ruins outside Zimbabwe
  • Blaauboschkraal stone ruins in Mpumalanga, South Africa
  • Machadodorp baKoni Ruins in Mpumalanga, South Africa
  • Engaruka in Arusha Region, Tanzania
  • Kweneng' Ruins in Gauteng, South Africa
  • Mapungubwe in Limpopo, South Africa
  • Thimlich Ohinga stone ruins in Migori County, Kenya
• Megaliths

Sources

• Garlake, Peter (1973). Great Zimbabwe: New Aspects of Archaeology. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-8128-1599-3.
• Garlake, Peter (1982). Great Zimbabwe. Harare: Zimbabwe Publishing House. ISBN 978-0-949932-18-1.
• Garlake, Peter (2002). Early Art and Architecture of Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-284261-7.
• Matenga, Edward (2008). Soapstone Birds of Great Zimbabwe: Symbols of a Nation. Harare: African Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-77901-135-0.
• Pikirayi, Innocent (2001). The Zimbabwe culture: origins and decline of southern Zambezian states. Rowman Altamira. ISBN 978-0-7591-0091-6.
• Summers, Roger (1970). "The Rhodesian Iron Age". In J.D. Fage; Roland Oliver (eds.). Papers in African Prehistory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-09566-2.
• Ucko, Peter J. (1995). Theory in Archaeology: A World Perspective. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-97328-8.

External links

• Great Zimbabwe Ruins
• Great Zimbabwe entry on the UNESCO World Heritage site