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Great Zimbabwe's Lost Water Management
While earlier episodes have explored Great Zimbabwe’s gold trade, soapstone carvings, and political succession crises, this episode turns to the invisible infrastructure that made the city possible: its sophisticated hydraulic engineering. We examine how the Shona architects of the Hill Complex and Great Enclosure managed water in a semi-arid region with no perennial rivers. Lucas and Luna discuss the stone-lined channels, the cisterns, and the precise gradient calculations required to move rainwater from catchment areas into storage facilities during the rainy season. We also look at the…
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