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Kingdom of Zimbabwe:

 * Government: Despotic Monarchy
 * King: Muhamba I (1398-nowadays)
 * Economy: Great Zimbabwe, the flourishing capital of Zimbabwe, is an important trade centre of the region. The kingdom controls the ivory and gold trade from the interior to the southeastern coast of Africa. Arabic goods could be found in abundance in the kingdom. The Great Zimbabwe people mined minerals like gold, copper and iron. They also kept livestock. he kingdom taxes other rulers throughout the region.
 * Demographics: 
 * Population: ~30'000
 * Great Zimbabwe: 8'000
 * Rural areas: 22'000
 * Wars and Conflicts: Muhamba I expands the kingdom to the northern territories in search of salt.
 * Diplomacy: 
 * Merina: It would be great for both of us to make an alliance and establish monopoly in the region.
 * Events:
 * Rise of trade: in the last 3 decades, the size of trade has increased dramatically. Great Zimbabwe has become a major economic centre of the region. In addition, the trade with the Arab world a has become more prominent.
 * Stonemasonry: the stone contrusctions in Great Zimbabwe became more complex with the development stonemansonry traditions and acquiring certain techniques from arabs through trade.