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Great Zimbabwe's Mambo Mudzinga and the Building of the Great Enclosure
In the early 15th century, Mambo Mudzinga transformed Great Zimbabwe from a modest settlement into a monumental stone city. This episode explores how Mudzinga organized thousands of workers to quarry, transport, and stack millions of granite blocks, constructing the Great Enclosure—a massive elliptical wall that still stands today. We discuss the engineering techniques, the role of the mhondoro (ancestral spirits) in guiding construction, and the political consolidation that funded this ambitious project. Mudzinga also reformed the muraya tax system, demanding labor and grain from outlying…
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