Why was Great Zimbabwe built?

Answer 1

The Great Zimbabwe Ruins are the remnants of the ancient capital of the Munhumutapa Empire.

Answer 2

Great Zimbabwe is the name given to hundreds of great stone ruins spread out over a 200 square mile area within the modern day country of Zimbabwe, which itself is named after the ruins. The people who lived here traded with the world via ports such as Sofala south of the Zambezi Delta.

Built consistently throughout the period from the 11th century to the 15th century, the ruins at Great Zimbabwe are some of the oldest and largest structures located in Sub-Saharan Africa. At its peak, estimates are that the ruins of Great Zimbabwe had as many as 18,000 inhabitants.

What little evidence exists suggests that Great Zimbabwe also became a center for trading, with artifacts suggesting that the city formed part of a trade network extending as far as China. Chinese pottery shards, coins from Arabia, glass beads and other non-local items have been excavated at Zimbabwe.

Nobody knows for sure why the site was eventually abandoned. Perhaps it was due to drought, perhaps due to disease or it simply could be that the decline in the gold trade forced the people who inhabited Great Zimbabwe to look for greener pastures. It is fairly easy to navigate these ruins as there are two paths going up it, the ancient path which is more difficult and the modern path which was made to make it easier to go up. In the middle of the main ruins there is a wishing hut erected there.

Answer 3

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