GREAT ZIMBABWE Flashcards
GREAT ZIMBABWE
Location
People of Zimbabwe
South Central Africa
Shona
GREAT ZIMBABWE
Archaeology Research,
What did they find?
What group of explorers and traders developed documents?
- Examining the object they found
- Ruins, architectures
- Written documents
Portuguese Explorers and Traders - Developed written documents
GREAT ZIMBABWE
How many rivers
what locations
4 North - Zambezi south - Limpopo East - Indian West - Kalahari
GREAT ZIMBABWE
How big is the Zimbabwe plateau
1000m above sea level
GREAT ZIMBABWE Monuments of Great Zimbabwe: What type of ruins? What type of enclosures? what were the enclosures made of? Did the stone walls need cement ? What animal was carved out of soap stone?
Large stone ruins Single and Multiple enclosures - Made of stones Dry Stone Walls - NO Made without cement Blocks of granite - Used to make the monuments Soapstone carvings - Birds were made out of soapstone and placed on top of monuments
GREAT ZIMBABWE
who is Carl Mauch
Carl Mauch
1st European to see the Zimbabwe ruins in 1871
GREAT ZIMBABWE
what myth did Carl Mauch start?
- Not Indigenous (non-African)?
Mauch made a guess that this was the palace that Solomon made for Queen of Sheba (vacation palace) - He later made a book that became famous in Europe about this and people started to search for Queen of Sheebas summer palace
GREAT ZIMBABWE
Who made the correct discovery but was ridiculed?
what was the reason for this?
Gertrude Caton-Thompson
she was a woman
GREAT ZIMBABWE
what was the environment:
What type of rocks?
What type of woodland and what type of trees?
What did the river systems have access to?
Igneous and metamorphic rocks (granite and Schists)
- Raw materials were readily available
Savanna woodland( scattered trees, treeless grassy plains)
River Systems
- Access to water
Cool Temperatures
GREAT ZIMBABWE
What is the Agriculture
Live stock:
- Goats, sheep, cattle, wild game
- Wealth was measure by the amount of cattle a person has
- Staples/vegetation:
- Sorghum, millet, beans, squashes, etc.
GREAT ZIMBABWE
Sources of food:
Beef
GREAT ZIMBABWE
Minerals
- Gold,
- Iron
- Copper
- Tin
- Clay
- Granite
- Soapstone
GREAT ZIMBABWE
Craft Specialization:
- Weaving
- Ironworks
- Pottery
- Carving
- Goldsmiths, etc
GREAT ZIMBABWE
The effects of looting
What did they find and what did they do with it?
What were the Repercussions of this?
What material did they find and throw away?
- Found gold and melted it
- Repercussion: loosing the history of the people
- They found pieces of broken quartz but they threw it away
GREAT ZIMBABWE
Where did the trade take place?
Who did they trade with?
What Ocean
East African coast
Trading with the Swahili
Found china work through trade
Indian Ocean
