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Kingdom of Mapungubwe

First major Southern African gold-trading state on the Limpopo, precursor to Great Zimbabwe.

Mapungubwe collapsed around 1300 CE when trade routes shifted north to Great Zimbabwe, causing economic decline and dispersal of the population.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Kingdom of Mapungubwe — the shape you scrub through changes in 1075 · 1240.

Further reading

• Mapungubwe Thomas N. Huffman · 2005

  A focused archaeological study of the Limpopo gold-trading state of Mapungubwe.

• The Zimbabwe Culture Innocent Pikirayi · 1994

  Pikirayi traces the whole Zimbabwe-tradition sequence, Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Butua, Mutapa and Rozvi, on the Zimbabwean plateau.

Sources

• Kingdom of Mapungubwe — Wikipedia