Great Zimbabwe's stone city
A capital of dry-stone walls — up to eleven metres high, laid without mortar — housed a kingdom that controlled gold and ivory trade to the Swahili coast.
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Great Zimbabwe's stone city
A capital of dry-stone walls — up to eleven metres high, laid without mortar — housed a kingdom that controlled gold and ivory trade to the Swahili coast.