Памятники архитектуры, известные как Большой Зимбабаве \ Great Zimbabwe
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На русском: Большое Зимбабве (Великое Зимбабве)
Перевод статьи по тональности не соответствует английской копии. В частности: в русском варианте больше предположительности, недосказанности и расплывчатости, что наталкивает читателя на фантазии. Напр.
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Ответ от Wikipedia \ Great Zimbabwe
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Great Zimbabwe is a ruined city that was once the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe, which existed from 1270 to 1550 CE during the country’s Late Iron Age. The mediaeval monument, which first began to be constructed in the 11th century and which continued to be built till the 14th century, spanned an area of 722 hectares (1,784 acres) and at its peak could have housed up to 18,000 people. Great Zimbabwe acted as a royal palace for the Zimbabwean monarch and would have been used as the seat of their political power. One of its most prominent features were its walls, some of which were over five metres high and which were constructed without mortar.
Eventually, the city was largely abandoned, and fell into ruin, first being encountered by Europeans in the early 16th century. Investigation of the site first began in the 19th century, when the monument caused great controversy amongst the archaeological world, with political pressure being placed upon archaeologists by the-then white supremacist government of Rhodesia to deny that it could have ever been produced by native Zimbabweans. Great Zimbabwe has since been adopted as a national monument by the Zimbabwean government, with the modern state being named after it. The word "Great" distinguishes the site from the many hundred small ruins, known as Zimbabwes, spread across the Zimbabwe highveld.[1] There are 200 such sites in southern Africa, such as Bumbusi and Manekweni, with monumental, mortarless walls and Great Zimbabwe is the largest.[2]
На русском: Большое Зимбабве (Великое Зимбабве)
Перевод статьи по тональности не соответствует английской копии. В частности: в русском варианте больше предположительности, недосказанности и расплывчатости, что наталкивает читателя на фантазии. Напр.
Большое Зимбабве, как считается, было главной святыней и культовым центром предков шона (народ группы банту).