The Largest Of These SettleMents Was Known As Great Zimbabwe It Was The Center Of The Shona Empire.
Great Zimbabwe
It means great houses of stone.
the shona tribe but some people called them the Zimbabwe tribe
the name is a tribute to the old name Great Zimbawe site of the capital, Empire of Great Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe in the Shona language means Houses of Great Stone
The capital of Zimbabwe is Harare, not Shona. Shona is actually one of the largest ethnic groups in Zimbabwe.
The name comes from a Shona word for Great Zimbabwe which is a ruin that was once a city in the 1400s.
It comes from the shona word "Madzimabwe" meaning great houses of stone, a reference to the prolific Great Zimbabwe-which IS made of great houses of stone.
The Shona live in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Zimbabwe
by about A.D 1000, the Shona people had built Great Zimbabdwe which means "house of stone"
by about A.D 1000, the Shona people had built Great Zimbabdwe which means "house of stone"