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Q: Why was gold such an important trade item from Great Zimbabwe and Mutapa?
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What made great zimbabwe's rulers wealthy and powerful?

Trade made Great Zimbabwe's rulers wealthy and powerful.


How did the Great Zimbabwe become an empire?

Great Zimbabwe grew into a empire built on gold trade. it became capital of thriving states.


What made Zimbabwe rulers wealthy and powerful?

Trade made Great Zimbabwe's rulers wealthy and powerful.


In great Zimbabwe what was more valuble than gold?

great Zimbabwe's location in southern Africa led to it being the capital of trade in the area.


Why did the mutapa state decline?

The Mutapa State declined due to a combination of factors, including internal power struggles, external attacks by the Portuguese, and the impact of the slave trade. This weakened the state's central authority and disrupted trade networks, leading to its eventual collapse.


How did the trade routes contribute to growth of Great Zimbabwe?

it made great Zimbabwe richer because of all the gold ivory and copper Portugal was bringing in.


Who controlled the gold trade in great Zimbabwe?

South Africa


The Great Zimbabwe Empire was built on what trade?

Gold and ivory trade with China, Persia, and Syria.


What city controlled trade routes and was the economic political and religious center of an empire?

Great Zimbabwe


What city controlled trade routes and was the economics political and religious center of an empire?

Great Zimbabwe


How is great Zimbabwe evidence that there was world trade one thousand years ago?

We know that Great Zimbabwe traded with other areas because Chinese pottery shards, coins from Arabia, an Egyptian ushabi, glass beads and other items have been excavated at Zimbabwe that could not have been made in Zimbabwe.


What city in Africa was a trade route for salt and beads?

The great zimbabwe traded gold ans salt