Preview | Africa's Golden City
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New discoveries reveal how pivotal Great Zimbabwe was to global trade.
Great Zimbabwe was one of the most prominent ancient civilizations of the African continent. Built between the 11th and 15th centuries by ancestors of today’s Shona people, it was the thriving capital of a massive trading empire — but for hundreds of years was dismissed by European explorers. Now, new archeological discoveries are revealing the true scope of the ancient city's global importance.
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Preview | Africa's Golden City
Preview: Season 23 Episode 5 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Great Zimbabwe was one of the most prominent ancient civilizations of the African continent. Built between the 11th and 15th centuries by ancestors of today’s Shona people, it was the thriving capital of a massive trading empire — but for hundreds of years was dismissed by European explorers. Now, new archeological discoveries are revealing the true scope of the ancient city's global importance.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipOn "Secrets of the Dead"... -Great Zimbabwe was one of the most prominent civilizations of the ancient world.
Long dismissed by European explorers... They said Africans were incapable of such a level of greatness.
... researchers are now reclaiming its history.
-It is testament to a great African civilization.
We are still very much alive today.
Africa's Golden City, on "Secrets of the Dead."
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