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Great Zimbabwe's Malaria and the Silent Decline
For decades, historians pointed to drought, political fragmentation, or European invasion as the reasons Great Zimbabwe was abandoned. But recent paleoclimatology and archaeological evidence suggest a quieter, more insidious killer: malaria. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how the very geography that made Great Zimbabwe a thriving trade hub also created a perfect breeding ground for Plasmodium falciparum. We look at the shift from the high-altitude Hill Complex to the valley floors, the role of standing water in the engineering systems, and how endemic disease likely reshaped the…
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