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Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is located near Lake Mutirikwi and close to the Chimanimani Mountains in Africa. I’ve learned of many different expression of their culture. Economic Great Zimbabwe
While I was visiting there i found out that the country is considered the central of gold and trading. Political Great Zimbabwe
The trade of gold is not the only thing that made Great Zimbabwe prospure. The trade of cattle and pottery helped build Great Zimbabwe. Ethiopia
Many traditions of Great Zimbabwe are similar to Ethiopia. In Ethiopia comes from different places such as Italy, Northwest Africa, and India. The name Ethiopia is Greek its meaning means burned-faces
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The country of Zimbabwe is divided into four groups. High-ranked Lineages, low-ranked Lineages, Castes groups, and slaves. Many aspects of the traditions implicated in Ethiopia comes from different places such as Italy, Northwest Africa, and India. It is very intriguing! Political Ethiopia Like the social aspects of the great country I visited, the political section of Ethiopia was developed as a hierarchy. As Axum’s power depleted, the African Agew people filled the discontinuation of power. Over time, they united much of the region and ruled Ethiopia as the Zagwe Dynasty in the 12th and 13th centuries CE. However, many competed for dominance in the area, and in 1270 CE, the Shewa ruler led a rebellion that established the Solomonic dynasty continued to control Ethiopia into the modern

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