Essays Tagged: "Great Zimbabwe"

Economic Development in Zimbabwe

5% .HistoryZimbabwe's history dates back to the 9th century A.D., the believed period in which many great buildings were built, buildingsclearly indicative of an early and great civilization. Of the m ... clearly indicative of an early and great civilization. Of the many sites the most impressive is the Great Stone House or GreatZimbabwe the source of the countries name. Despite the impressive nature o ...

(6 pages) 95 0 2.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

African Tribes

followed by new trade routes between Mozambique and the highveld. There were a few trade centres as Great Zimbabwe.This late Iron-Age cattle raising community of over 10 000 people reached the height ... leland" and the coast. The buildings were unquestionally the work of Bantu-speakers.The collapse of Great Zimbabwe dates from the sixteenth century mainly as a result of economic exhaustion. This prob ...

(18 pages) 199 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Indian Ocean Trade Network 100 - 1500

es flourished along the eastern coast of Africa. These city-states traded with inland kingdoms like Great Zimbabwe to obtain gold, ivory, and iron. These materials were then sold to places like India, ...

(2 pages) 14389 0 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Is Africa Really Free?

rocess presenting the accurate history. "Different But Equal" describes how the some of the world's greatest early civilizations had their origins in the heart of black Africa and discusses some of th ... , technical and scientific achievements. "Africa: A History Denied" explores the African kingdom of Great Zimbabwe and Africa's Beautiful Swahili Coast and how European "experts" supposedly discovered ...

(5 pages) 40 0 3.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Discuss the economic activities of early farming communities of southern africa. Do you think that they came as a package?

are further confirmed by the presents of cowrie shells at kadzi. Pwiti (1996:150).The residence of Great Zimbabwe traded on the Limpopo River. This is proven by the traces of Chinese pottery and ston ... scribed in Arabic with the name of al-Hasan bin Sulaiman, the Sultan of Kilwa. All these prove that Great Zimbabwe traded with the east. There has been speculation that Great Zimbabwe came into being ...

(9 pages) 0 0 0.0 Apr/2014

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

The States and Empires of Ancient Central Africa

ns and cultures. The Kingdom of Kongo, the Luba-Lunda States, and the Kingdom of the Monomotapa and Great Zimbabwe, were all unique in their traditions, customs, and origin.The Kingdom of Kongo was un ... the Bakongo, were famed smiths (Addison, 92). This was clearly associated with their reputation as great warriors with state of the art weaponry. Their esteemed handiwork with metals went far beyond ...

(7 pages) 0 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History