Editing Great Zimbabwe (section)

===Trade===
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[[File:Zimbabwe states and trade map.png|thumb|Map of trade centres and routes in precolonial Zimbabwe.]]
Great Zimbabwe became a centre for trading, having replaced [[Mapungubwe]] around 1300.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last1=Chirikure |first1=Shadreck |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3pa7CgAAQBAJ&dq=kingdom+of+mapungubwe&pg=PT6 |title=Mapungubwe Reconsidered: A Living Legacy: Exploring Beyond the Rise and Decline of the Mapungubwe State |last2=Delius |first2=Peter |last3=Esterhuysen |first3=Amanda |last4=Hall |first4=Simon |last5=Lekgoathi |first5=Sekibakiba |last6=Maulaudzi |first6=Maanda |last7=Neluvhalani |first7=Vele |last8=Ntsoane |first8=Otsile |last9=Pearce |first9=David |date=2015-10-01 |publisher=Real African Publishers Pty Ltd. |isbn=978-1-920655-06-8 |language=en}}</ref> Regional networks were expansive, and salt, cattle, grain, and copper were traded as far north as the [[Kundelungu National Park|Kundelungu Plateau]] in present-day [[DR Congo]]. A significant portion of Great Zimbabwe's wealth came from the domination of trade routes from the goldfields of the Zimbabwean Plateau to the [[Swahili coast]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Mlambo |first=A. S. |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofzimbabw0000mlam/mode/2up?view=theater |title=A history of Zimbabwe |date=2014 |publisher=New York, NY : Cambridge University Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-1-107-02170-9}}</ref>{{Rp|page=17}} Through [[Swahili city-states]] such as [[Sofala]], they exported gold and [[ivory trade|ivory]] into the [[Indian Ocean trade]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last1=Delius |first1=Peter |last2=Chewins |first2=Linell |last3=Forssman |first3=Tim |date=2024 |title=Turning South African History Upside Down: Ivory and Gold Production, the Indian Ocean Trading System and the Shaping of Southern African Society, 600–1900 AD |journal=Journal of Southern African Studies |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=499–520 |doi=10.1080/03057070.2024.2436329 |issn=0305-7070 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2024JSAfS..50..499D }}</ref> That international commerce was in addition to the local agricultural trade, in which cattle were especially important.<ref name="Zambezia"/> The large cattle herd that supplied the city moved seasonally and was managed by the court.<ref name="Garlake 2002 158"/> Chinese pottery shards, coins from Arabia, glass beads and other non-local items have been excavated at Zimbabwe. Despite these strong international trade links, there is no evidence to suggest exchange of architectural concepts between Great Zimbabwe and centres such as Kilwa.<ref>Garlake (2002) 185</ref>