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Great Zimbabwe

a Pleiades place resource

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Great Zimbabwe was the capital of the Queen of Sheba, according to legend. The city, covering ca. 80 hectares, belongs to the Bantu civilization of the Shona culture and dates between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries. It was an important trading center.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/322739224

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
-20.2709359, 30.9331977

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Great Zimbabwe National Monument (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Place type:
settlement

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Great Zimbabwe: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/322739224> [accessed: 28 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/322739224 |title=Places: 322739224 (Great Zimbabwe) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=December 28, 2024 9:41 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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