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Great Zimbabwe's Mambo Gara and the Ghost Town of 1298
In 1298, the bustling stone city of Great Zimbabwe fell eerily silent. Mambo Gara, the ruler who had reformed the cattle-tribute system and standardized gold dust, faced an unprecedented crisis: a mass exodus. Thousands of vaShona families abandoned their homes in the Valley Complex, leaving the royal enclave and the towering conical tower nearly deserted. What drove them away? Was it drought, political unrest, or the spiritual wrath of the mhondoro? Lucas and Luna explore the evidence for a sudden depopulation event, the role of nganga and svikiro in interpreting omens, and the legend of a…
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