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Why do historians know very little about Great Zimbabwe?
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they left behind no oral traditions or written documents
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What material was used to construct the walls around Great Zimbabwe?
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stone
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What process did workers use to build the walls?
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huge granite rocks - they heated sheets of the stone then cracked them in pieces that had straight edges - Next they were cut into brick-sized pieces - the bricks were stacked to form walls as high as 30 feet.
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According to historians, why might the walls have been built?
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safety, privacy, power of community
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Why did Great Zimbabwe become a trading center?
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richest gold fields
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