Question

What was the source of Great Zimbabwe’s wealth?

Zimbabwe controlled the East African slave trade with Europe


Zimbabwe controlled the gold-for-salt exchange with Berber traders


⇒Zimbabwe controlled trade routes that flowed to the East African coast
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Zimbabwe was located in the heart of the gold fields of Africa

Answer 1

Letter D

Step-by-step explanation:

Great Zimbabwe was a center for trading, and its wealth was mostly acquired thanks to the trade of ivory, and more importantly, gold. Some estimates indicate that more than 20 million ounces of gold were extracted from the ground.

Answer 2

C. Zimbabwe controlled trade routes that flowed to the East African coast

This was considered to be the source of Great Zimbabwe’s wealth

Step-by-step explanation:

Archaelogical excavations suggests that Great Zimbabwe was once a center of trading with the network linked to historic center of kilwa ( present day Tanzania in eastern Africa) and extends to china.

The trade was mainly focused on gold and ivories. Some data estimates show that around 20 million ounces of gold were extracted from the country. In addition to international trade, they practiced local agricultural trade which makes Zimbabwe to control the trade routes that flowed to the East African coast.