- The soaring walls of Great Zimbabwe date back to 11th century, during the country’s Late Iron Age.
- The walls rise as high as 32 feet and were constructed from granite blocks of the exposed rock of nearby hills.
- The walls were built by laying stones one on top of the other without the use of mortar.
- It is believed that a maximum of 20,000 people lived inside its walls at its height.
- For many decades, the ruins at Great Zimbabwe were described, by Europeans, as a perplexing ‘mystery’ and an ancient ‘riddle,’. They refused to believe that such a complex site was built by Africans who they considered to be lower people and attributed the site’s construction to foreign sources.
- The Great Zimbabwe and the culture that flourished inside its walls declined by the 15th century.
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