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900 CE Hill Complex starts construction.

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900 CE Hill Complex starts construction.

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The first buildings built in the Great Zimbabwe region were in the Hill Complex, the Complex was used as both a place where people could defend themselves as well as a place where religion was practiced. The Shona Peoples religion was surrounded around the creator god, Mwari, making a mostly monotheistic religion. Most of the faith held in the Shona People was passed through stories of ancient leaders such as Mwari. Stories of ancient leaders were similar to the way that Ancient Greece passed down stories such as the Iliad.

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1100 CE Zimbabwe Birds and other artifacts

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1100 CE Zimbabwe Birds and other artifacts

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The eight Zimbabwe Birds were a symbol of Great Zimbabwe and its culture, they were found sitting in the Hill Complex. The birds were implemented into Zimbabwe culture, even being put onto the countries flag. The birds represent Zimbabwean culture much like the Riace Bronzes in Ancient Greece.

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1100 CE, The start and creation of Great Zimbabwe.

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1100 CE, The start and creation of Great Zimbabwe.

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The whole of Great Zimbabwe was created in 1100 CE by many indigenous African people. The city was split into 3 different places, The Hill Complex, The Valley Complex was where the common people lived, usually in mud houses and not like the stone buildings built in the Great Enclosure where royalty lived. Ancient Greek leaders such as Alexander the Great stayed in stone building like the ones in the Great Enclosure.

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Great Zimbabwe influenced many societies in terms of their construction. In their time, they had one of the largest stone complexes in all of Africa and influenced a lot of the landscapes in sub saharan regions.

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1200 CE, Great Zimbabwe is known as a major trading center.

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1200 CE, Great Zimbabwe is known as a major trading center.

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As Great Zimbabwe became an established society, they began trading the many resources that they had. Great Zimbabwe was a main trading center for cattle, crops and mostly minerals such as Gold, Copper, and Ivory. They influenced a lot of countries that surrounded them in terms of trading seeing how successful they were. They traded with many East African cities but their routes extended as far as China, trading with big countries such as India. Lots of pottery was traded in Great Zimbabwe much like Ancient Greece in 2600 BC.

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In 1430, A warrior named Nyatsimba Mutota and his son Nyanhewe Matope started the Mutapa Empire in 1430 CE. The Kingdom was rooted in Great Zimbabwe but they united people from all over Southern Africa for the Mutapa army. The Ancient Greeks also expanded their empire by making cities in all different types of colonies.

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In 1500 CE, Great Zimbabwe started it's decline. Some reasons for its decline was possible overworking of the land to keep up trading, deforestation and stone working being moved to different regions. Great Zimbabwe was officially said to have existed in the late 19th century.

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1600 CE European Explorers search the ruins of Great Zimbabwe

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1600 CE European Explorers search the ruins of Great Zimbabwe

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Around the 16th century, the abandoned land was said to be visited by European Explorers and that they took art such as pottery. Ancient Greece also was said to have different types of pottery starting around 500 BCE. A big controversy surrounding Great Zimbabwe was the fact that explorers of the lands claimed that white people had created the buildings of Great Zimbabwe. Indigenous African were officially said to be the creators of the Stone Buildings.

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