https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7 NOTES FOR ME(High Quality) en-us 2017-03-03 16:39:27 UTC 2017-05-17 08:01:52 UTC hello@padlet.com 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/157678731 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.


]]> 2017-03-03 17:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/157678731 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159047533 The Zimbabwe Trade System is the greatest among the others in Africa./The Zimbabwe trade system was the wealthiest of all of Africa.]]> 2017-03-09 17:01:29 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159047533 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159047704 1.Zimbabwe was at a center of a trade route between some plateaus and they are near by some gold mines.]]> 2017-03-09 17:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159047704 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159048107 2.They traded glass beads, silk, colored cotton(all form India),celadon or as called green porcelain(China).]]> 2017-03-09 17:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159048107 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159048462 3.Has traded Glazed Bowls from Persia(present day Iran),dishes(China),Glass beads,coral,cowrie shells from Kilwa on East African coats.]]> 2017-03-09 17:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159048462 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159048814 4.More than 1200 reefs has been mined for gold.]]> 2017-03-09 17:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159048814 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159048985 5.Came to a end at around 1450.]]> 2017-03-09 17:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159048985 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159049380 6.They gave away gold, copper wire, cotton thread, and ivory to the people of Arabs, Asians, and East Africans.]]> 2017-03-09 17:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159049380 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159049818 7.Used gold more for trade than cereonies or ornaments.]]> 2017-03-09 17:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159049818 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159050259 8.Has gold mines from Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers.]]> 2017-03-09 17:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159050259 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159051891 9.They have a cattle production system.]]> 2017-03-09 17:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159051891 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159053408 10.Trades go to west India and even China.]]> 2017-03-09 17:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159053408 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159321532 2017-03-10 16:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159321532 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159321615 2017-03-10 16:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159321615 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159321731 2017-03-10 16:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159321731 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159321810 2017-03-10 16:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159321810 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159322015 2017-03-10 16:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159322015 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159322180 2017-03-10 16:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159322180 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159322366 2017-03-10 16:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159322366 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159326730 11.Some gold mines are 40 kilometers from Great Zimbabwe.]]> 2017-03-10 16:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159326730 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159327314 12.Some routes go to Kilwa, Malindi, and Mogadishu.]]> 2017-03-10 17:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159327314 2022szhao https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159331831 13.They received Persian Faience]]> 2017-03-10 17:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/2022szhao/bm2rs15y5nz7/wish/159331831