- grass was brought to feed the cattle
- Great Zimbabwe means walls of stone
- exchange gold and beads
- Manyikeni, gold was traded as a commodity
- gold was buried with the dead
- believe ancestors are hearing and dancing
- most famous piece, golden rhino
- form gold foil over wooden core
- 12th century kingdom, great skill at goldsmithing
- gold had MORE than commercial value
- wealth in cattle
- complex societies, rigid division between king, his ministers, and his subjects
- best kingdom, connected with cultures across the continent?
- hierarchical society
- wealth and power from controlling gold mines
- narrow passageways and forbidden chambers
- precision walls, not glued together
- over one million bricks in wall
- 25,000 people in medieval city
- rich, religious, and powerful were kept separate
- social protocols. Control the traffic of people
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Kingdoms of Africa- Great Zimbabwe
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