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Predecessor Settlements of Great Zimbabwe

Type Event Region Africa Time c. 1000–1200

Around 1008 CE, stone-built settlements and agro-pastoral communities, precursors to the Great Zimbabwe site, emerged in the southeastern Zimbabwe Pl…

Timeline

1008Great Zimbabwe site · ZimbabweArchaeological excavations show stone-walled compounds, livestock enclosures, and cultivation of millet and sorghum during this period; settlement size grew compared to predecessor cultures, and trade beads and coastal contacts began to appear.

Sources

Great Zimbabwe https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/364
Great Zimbabwe https://www.britannica.com/place/Great-Zimbabwe