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Great Zimbabwe is built

1250 CE · Zimbabwe, Africa · Culture

Great Zimbabwe is built
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Great Zimbabwe was a city in the south-eastern hills of the modern country of Zimbabwe, near Masvingo. It was settled from around 1000 AD, and served as the capital of the Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe from the 13th century. It is the largest stone structure in precolonial Southern Africa.

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