Post by Nubian Zuri* on Aug 8, 2009 9:15:36 GMT -5
*Zimbabwe National Monument *
The Great Zimbabwe , or "stone buildings", is the name given to stone ruins spread out over a 722 ha (1,784 ac ) area within the modern-day country of Zimbabwe , which itself is named after the ruins. It is near the town of Masvingo , which before majority rule was called Fort Victoria. The word "Great" distinguishes the site from the many hundred small ruins, known as Zimbabwes, spread across the Zimbabwe highveld
Overview of Great Zimbabwe. The large walled construction is the Great Enclosure. Some remains of the valley complex can be seen in front of it.
The word "Zimbabwe" is probably a short form for "ziimba remabwe" or "ziimba rebwe", a Shona (dialect: ChiKaranga) term, which means "the great or big house built of stone boulders". In the ChiKaranga dialect of the Shona language, "imba" means "a house" or "a building" and "ziimba", or "zimba", means "a huge/big building or house". The word "bwe" or "ibwe" (singular, plural being "mabwe") in the ChiKaranga dialect means "a stone boulder". The ChiKaranga-speaking Shona people are found around Great Zimbabwe
The Great Zimbabwe , or "stone buildings", is the name given to stone ruins spread out over a 722 ha (1,784 ac ) area within the modern-day country of Zimbabwe , which itself is named after the ruins. It is near the town of Masvingo , which before majority rule was called Fort Victoria. The word "Great" distinguishes the site from the many hundred small ruins, known as Zimbabwes, spread across the Zimbabwe highveld
Overview of Great Zimbabwe. The large walled construction is the Great Enclosure. Some remains of the valley complex can be seen in front of it.
The word "Zimbabwe" is probably a short form for "ziimba remabwe" or "ziimba rebwe", a Shona (dialect: ChiKaranga) term, which means "the great or big house built of stone boulders". In the ChiKaranga dialect of the Shona language, "imba" means "a house" or "a building" and "ziimba", or "zimba", means "a huge/big building or house". The word "bwe" or "ibwe" (singular, plural being "mabwe") in the ChiKaranga dialect means "a stone boulder". The ChiKaranga-speaking Shona people are found around Great Zimbabwe