A Quick History of the Great Zimbabwe Empire

In this video i give a brief history about the Great Zimbabwe empire which eventually gave rise to the Mutapa State. The Great Zimbabwe is where the nation of Zimbabwe gets it's name and identity, it is the place where the Zimbabwe birds were discovered before they were looted to a different museums across the world, even Cecil John Rhodes ended up with one.
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[@Daffles]

Hey, just want to say this was such an interesting video. Having grown up in Zimbabwe until the age of 16 I was shocked how little of this information I knew. Keep up the great work and thanks for these reminders of home. You can take the man out of Africa but you can never take the Africa out of the man :)

[@niconkola9314]

Which country you are now come back Zimbabwe need you more

[@patiencezhou9893]

I am still in Zimbabwe but I don't know anything about the country

[@juliafox7904]

Thanks I really greatly appreciate your presentation.

[@javicoca]

Just heard about the Great Zimbabwe on the Economist podcast and your video was great help to get a good idea of what it looked like and the highlights of its history. Thanks and hello from Spain!

[@playgirl7305]

Now Zimbabwe, my home country looks like its build of soft mud bricks and not granite stones. A rain shower then everything crumblys, potholes allover in the cities, no electricity etc.

[@purromemes7395]

It was good during Rhodesia, at least for my parents

[@NoRockinMansLand]

@@purromemes7395 💀💀💀

[@Meikles888]

Kushata kwako iwe mboko

[@kiddio_is_me6656]

Enteresting.... Anyone watching this vieo in S.A. South Africa Not south Asia or What ever Africa

[@johncrwarner]

I was starting to have a look at the history of the Great Zimbabwe and found few books beyond tour guides to the site and this important kingdom.

[@officialfaychi7941]

Tisu makaranga vacho mavhitori..thank you for this.

[@juliak.6872]

Really informative video! I really like your editing it’s really nice :)

[@ZimTechGuy]

Thanks, that means a lot to me

[@masimbamurambiwa5099]

Thanks then , Karanga is a dialect of the same Shona people

[@sibongilemuyambo8929]

this is great content

[@ZimTechGuy]

Thank you

[@nyashagazi257]

I'm interested on how they dressed as well, I find as Zimbabweans we are not too sure about traditional dress & always say animals skins, but do you think these people wore animal skins considering the vast wealth of the area?

[@ZimTechGuy]

Will definitely research on that first, thank you

[@livingfaith9189]

Luckily the colonialist took pictures and I have them. Where can I contact you?

[@milidzaniletshola9045]

Why do you say ukalanga means karanga?

[@QueenBee-so7rt]

I absolutely enjoyed this🙂👏🏾

[@ZimTechGuy]

I'm glad you did, thanks for watching!

[@_genova6230]

Yes please could you do a video on butua and mutapa

[@darianclery4455]

Great Zimbabwe

[@Cammoyoung]

Great story, very informative.

[@ZimTechGuy]

Thank you!

[@priscachisoma]

U are my life saver this helped me with my homework

[@ZimTechGuy]

Glad it did!

[@admirekashiri9879]

This is beautiful man you went very indepth despite the time. If you can I'd recommend covering some key figures and events in out history too in more depth if you're driven to do this that is. I've been learning so much about our ancestors its time the world and our fellow Zimbabweans learn this stuff.

[@NoRockinMansLand]

Can you tell me more about it please?

[@admirekashiri9879]

@I.Know.You.Are.But.What.Am.I Sure what would you like to know?

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

Like with the pyramids, the aliens did it. I am Karanga by the way. Of the Kalanga Tribe. Said to have occupied these ruins. My mother's side.

[@darianclery4455]

Thanks you for this iofino

[@admirekashiri9879]

I hear those birds represented an early King called Tovera Shiriyadenga Nemapungubwe. Can you make a video on this? I've seen a stupid video here where the person tries to link the birds with Egyptian culture.

[@ZimTechGuy]

Sounds interesting, will definitely work on that

[@logomoniclearning6680]

Egyptian (Khemetic) culture is of African Descent, so it is not too far fetched.

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@logomoniclearning6680 Yes, it is. we had nothing to do with Egypt. Don't disrespect our ancestors with that. we wuz Hotep nonsense, please

[@logomoniclearning6680]

@@admirekashiri9879 I was'nt convinced either until quite recently myself. But you'll figure it out if you do some deeper research. I would have suggest some sources, however I'll let you figure it out on your own.

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@logomoniclearning6680 Bro, are you Shona/Karanga-Kalanga, or Venda, Sena, etc? If so, you should know our greatest ancèator is Tovera Shiriyadenga Nemapungubwe / Saruvimbi / Raluvhimba (Lord Eagle / Father Eagle). Those birds are in respect to our ancestors who had nothing to do with Egypt based on what they left behind. We don't need North Africa to have pride in our heritage.

[@snowflakemelter1172]

You talked about " the colonisers" but already stated that Great Zimbabwe colonised its neighbours .

[@tombimashri8149]

B4 Carl mauch came, Adam Renders found zim ruins, msuch heard about it from Adam Renders as they were friends

[@DoreenOtondi]

Nice

[@faraimarutaya3207]

I beg to differ that it is Shona (even if the word is very recent too) who build Gt Zimbabwe. Yes the Shona could have named it Gt Zimbabwe but it is likely to have been constructed by the KaLanga before migrating to SA, compare with Mapungubwe. The Shonas never reverred Birds and Crocodiles. It is a long historical story .....Why couldn't the Shona keep building such?

[@livingfaith9189]

Karanga not Kalanga and shona word did not exist then. You are twisting history

[@PopulationStatisticDOTesq]

A deep dive into decline of Great Zimbabwe is a must sir.

[@ZimTechGuy]

Definitely

[@philemomnnakedi6190]

Why or I don't understand , what you are expressing

[@matthewmann8969]

Great Zimbabwe was built by either Bantus And Or Xhosas most likely yeah

[@truthseeker-dt8zf]

Nope not Xhosas.According to Venda Oral and written history the ancestors of Masingo carried the mbwedi rocks which are said to be similar to those that build great Zimbabwe and cross the Limpopo/Vhembe river to build a new kingdom(Dzata).it is said the kingdom split, because the first born who was suppose to takeover kingship rejected the position because he saw his brothers fighting for the kingship.heartbroken by the division within his family he rejected the throne and went further South.I might be mixing the narration,but we grew up reading about that history.

[@rachealarinaitwe4998]

I like this video

[@ZimTechGuy]

Thank you

[@nyakundinyamweya]

So bad like it

[@Officialnrb]

I shudder at the plight of the slaves passing through there for the profit of the local colonialists!

[@nyakundinyamweya]

I want a video of Zimbabwe

[@jhelm1712]

Village...

[@kanderson4417]

What's CE?

[@ZimTechGuy]

CE (Common Era) is the secular equivalent of AD (anno Domini)

[@talenttukazi1284]

Nice though

[@masimbamurambiwa5099]

How could Nyatsimba Mutota, a Shona emperor of the Munhumutapa/Mwenemutapa 'conquer shona tribes' whilst he was The Shona King himself...where had these 'shona tribes' come from if it were not from Mutota's own kingdom down from Tanganyika themselves??????

[@talenttukazi1284]

Bit confused also

[@muzimbamabaka5412]

@@talenttukazi1284 The key here is geographical location. The Mutapa Empire at that did not have control over all Shonas

[@karlrensburg3472]

History has one way it likes to teach us. I came across a written article, that stipulated the structure was built by people from northern Africa. And they where wiped out by the shona tribe. Making sense why this was the only type of structure in one place of Zimbabwe. Learn to question everything people.

[@ncubesays]

There are many other similar structures across Zimbabwe (a couple in Mozambique I think). You should check out Khami Ruins too.

[@karlrensburg3472]

@@ncubesays yes khami ruins too, these where the beginnings of a northern African tribe trying to settle in these parts of dzimabwe. Who where then later wiped out.

[@masimbamurambiwa5099]

You are wrong thanks to your lack of knowledge about zimbabwe. Go around through mutare, Nyanga, Mutoko, Nyombwe and Dande/Mukumbura...you will see the same structures...every where where the shoma migrated to , establishing Dare remabwe...I hope you'll find this helpful

[@masimbamurambiwa5099]

Just trying to discredit the Zimbabwean people as usual. Stupid

[@ncubesays]

@@karlrensburg3472 I encourage you to study the history of this country including the archeology from over 300 similar sites. This architectural style began in Mapungubwe, just south of the Limpopo river. You may also learn that Naletale, which has the most elaborate designs was still occupied by the Shona in the 1800s.

[@zw-crc]

"Madzimbabwe" is not a correct Shona word. Zimbabwe is simply these words "Zi" (huge), "imba" (house), and "bwe" (stone). So, its "huge house of stone". Its not grammatically correct in Shona to say: "madzimba". Also "zimba" is not plural but singular and so you cannot use "ma-" on house but on stones making up the house, which indicates plural. "zi-imba" is simply one huge house, hence the contraction, "zimbabwe".

[@zw-crc]

Compare with: mhandamabwe, mapungubwe, rubweruchena, chibwedziva (names of modern places not very far from the ancient city)

[@user-sg3po2sg8o]

Glory to a free Rhodesia!!

[@masimbamurambiwa5099]

Go to Breeana Elliot's own presentation. It makes more sense and better research..... I am sorry but this is a great betrayal of the African truth

[@ZimTechGuy]

You do realize that her version is a lite version of my presentation right, go watch it again

[@jennifermale1796]

😠😠😠😠😠😠

[@innoezaba7329]

whats the prob ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[@machinebeard1639]

Um, Great Zimbabwe was a trading post for Muslim slavers. Not an empire.

[@joeblogs-vx4ep]

A myth and fairy tale 😂

[@christianmabasa1917]

This is trash. Everybody knows that civilisation in the globe is traced from around 1000AD. Anything behind is pre-historic. Even Europe's civilisation is traced to as far as 1000AD. This was the time of characters like Hagar the Horrible, Ivan The Terrible, etc. Might you want the true history of Great Zimbabwe, allow me to school you in your channel. Am ready and can help you open up

[@seikhsawan]

Please stop taking drugs little kid.

[@AGreaterAmerica]

All over the world, ruins identical to these are known to have been built by a very advanced civilization THOUSANDS of years ago. Sorry, but YOU are NOT "special". You need to educate yourself to reality.

[@NoRockinMansLand]

What are you talking about lmao there is enough archeological proof that these were made by the Shona

[@jameswilson8820]

It isn't a City 🙄

[@Dont_touch_my_crown]

@@Kemetyu-Centered36 their always in our spaces.

[@shanewalkingdead8258]

Those are not shona people you showed they're Shanghani people not shona. Shona people had actual clothes and they did not practice tribal makings. The reason why you do this is because you are mixed race yourself a foreigner ,africans are not brown there is a reason why people call us black skinned.