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ID: 6002348
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6002348
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Great Zimbabwe (deserted settlement)  Great Zimbabwe (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 20 16 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -20.2667  decimal degrees
Long: 030 54 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 30.9000  decimal degrees

Note: Ruins of a city of Shona-Karanga peoples; evolved from small settlement to powerful state ruled by kings; Arab gold trade probably spurred prosperity; decline in the 15th century was probably due to overpopulation; site was discovered by Europeans in 1868.

Names:
Great Zimbabwe (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Zimbabwe (nation)  ........  Zimbabwe (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Masvingo (province)  ............  Masvingo (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Great Zimbabwe Ruins National Park (national park)  ................  Great Zimbabwe Ruins National Park (national park) (P)
Hierarchy of Great Zimbabwe (deserted settlement)  ....................  Great Zimbabwe (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  prospered 13th-15th cen.
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Great Zimbabwe..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 238
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 238
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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