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13.They received Persian Faience

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12.Some routes go to Kilwa, Malindi, and Mogadishu.

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11.Some gold mines are 40 kilometers from Great Zimbabwe.

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10.Trades go to west India and even China.

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9.They have a cattle production system.

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8.Has gold mines from Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers.

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7.Used gold more for trade than cereonies or ornaments.

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6.They gave away gold, copper wire, cotton thread, and ivory to the people of Arabs, Asians, and East Africans.

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5.Came to a end at around 1450.

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4.More than 1200 reefs has been mined for gold.

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3.Has traded Glazed Bowls from Persia(present day Iran),dishes(China),Glass beads,coral,cowrie shells from Kilwa on East African coats.

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2.They traded glass beads, silk, colored cotton(all form India),celadon or as called green porcelain(China).

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1.Zimbabwe was at a center of a trade route between some plateaus and they are near by some gold mines.

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The Zimbabwe Trade System is the greatest among the others in Africa./The Zimbabwe trade system was the wealthiest of all of Africa.

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Great Zimbabwe was a wealthy centre of cattle and cereal farming and a major link in the trade between the people inland and the Swahili kingdom at Sofala on the coast of Mozambique. Sofala had traded with much of East Africa as well as with India and China. Archaeologists have found a number of artefacts which show that Great Zimbabwe was a trading centre, including a glazed bowl from Persia (present-day Iran) with 13th century inscriptions, dishes from China, thousands of glass beads, coral and cowrie shells and a Portuguese coin that probably came from the trading city of Kilwa on the East African coast.

The Shona at Great Zimbabwe bought gold from people further inland and sold it to traders on the East coast. Gold mining was very widespread in traditional Shona society. It was estimated that by the time the industrial production of gold began in the area (1890), more than 1 200 reefs had been mined in the central plateau. Unlike the Egyptians, there is evidence to suggest that the Great Zimbabweans used gold more for trade than for ceremonies or ornaments.

Ivory from elephants also made its way from the interior to the coast via Great Zimbabwe. Cotton was grown widely in the region and weaving of local cloth took place. Finer cloth was imported by the wealthy via the East coast traders.

The kingdom of Zimbabwe came to an end in about 1450 AD and the settlement was deserted. No one is quite sure why this happened, but a possible explanation is that the resources of the area were exhausted as the population increased in size. With more and more people living in the area, there was not enough clean water and, as the trees were cut down, the daily journey for firewood became longer and longer. Most importantly, the grazing lands were used up. People were probably forced to move to other areas in search of fresh grazing.

Great Zimbabwe was declared a World Heritage Site in 1986. This means that it is now a protected area and the site may not be disturbed or damaged in any way.