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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 1000 AD, and served as the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe from the 13th century.
At its peak Great Zimbabwe covered 7.22 km² and became a centre for industry and political power. [13] At Great Zimbabwe's centre was the Great Enclosure which housed royalty and had demarcated spaces for rituals. Commoners surrounded them within the second perimeter wall, and its population was around 10,000. [10]
The most impressive of these sites is the Great Zimbabwe ruins, after which the country is named, located near Masvingo. Evidence suggests that these stone structures were built between the 9th and 13th centuries AD by indigenous Africans who had established trading contacts with commercial centers on Africa's southeastern coast.
Gokomere is a culture in Zimbabwe, known for its rock art and pottery traditions dating from 200 to 650 AD. [1]The ancient Bantu people who inhabited the area of Great Zimbabwe around the 4th century AD probably built the complex between 1000 and 1200 AD. [2]
The Torwa dynasty of the kalanga people based itself at the stone city of Khami from 1450 to 1683. Cattle and gold brought prosperity. The new culture at Khami developed both the stone building techniques and the pottery styles found at Great Zimbabwe.
The Kingdom of Mapungubwe (pronounced / m ɑː ˈ p uː n ɡ uː b w eɪ / mah-POON-goob-weh) was an ancient [a] state located at the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers in South Africa, south of Great Zimbabwe. The capital's population was 5,000 by 1250, and the state likely covered 30,000 km² (12,000 square miles).
A different version of the oral tradition states that the shrine was founded in the Matobo (Matovha) hills when the Great Zimbabwe experienced a religious squabble. During this dispute a breakaway group of traditional priests deserted Great Zimbabwe and established the Mwari (Mwali) cult in Matobo(Matovha).
Danamombe is the official name according to the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe and has alternative spellings Danangombe, Dananombe and Danan'ombe.. It was formerly known as Dhlo-Dhlo or Ndlo Dlo, which was the Ngoni and Ndebele name in use at the time of the British South Africa Company invasion.