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Great Zimbabwe's Slave Economy and Labor Systems
We often admire the stone walls of Great Zimbabwe for their architectural genius, but we rarely ask who built them. In this episode, Lucas and Luna pull back the curtain on the labor systems that sustained the kingdom’s golden age. While previous episodes covered trade routes and royal succession, we’re focusing on the human cost: the role of slavery, indentured service, and agricultural production in a society that didn’t use wheeled transport or iron plows. We’ll explore how the vaShona elite managed thousands of workers to clear land, quarry granite, and maintain the complex water systems…
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