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Building Great Zimbabwe

  • November 21, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The ruined African city of Great Zimbabwe was the capital of a once-powerful Iron Age kingdom. Its granite-block walls were built without mortar, by layering the stones to create an inward slope that made them sturdy. The Bantu word “zimbabwe” means “stone houses.” (Photo: 2360Ben / Shutterstock)

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