The Great Zimbabwe state was the capital
of Zimbabwe. It was the center of an
expansive economic and political network of lesser enclosures on the Zimbabwe
plateau making it the core of the Zimbabwe empire. Its economy was built on gold and cattle.
Swahili would acquire good from Arab
traders, which they would trade with Zimbabwe for their gold. Arabs would sail
and travel, while doing so they could pick up Chinese porcelain, cloves from
Java, cinnamon from Ceylon, cotton and pepper from India, coffee from Arabia,
then travel southwest along the African coast trading with the city-states
along the way. Gold from Zimbabwe was a good that was in high demand. The
Swahili had connection of networks spanning the Indian Ocean and could easily
trade the Great Zimbabwe’s gold. It is noted in the text how Gold and Islam
played an important role that continued to bond Africa to the world.
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