The economic activities of Great Zimbabwe

Economic activities carried out at Great Zimbabwe

• The people at Great Zimbabwe engaged in a variety of economic activities including:
• hunting
• gathering
• mining
• the paying and receiving of tribute
• pottery making
• blacksmithing (ironworks)
• trade (both domestic trade and with other tribes and early europeans).
• pastoralism (mainly cattle and goats)

Items that were exchanged by the people at Great Zimbabwe in return for foreign goods.

• Various items were traded by the people at Great Zimbabwe in return for foreign goods such as jewellery. These items include:
• gold
• copper
• ivory
• grain
• livestock
• animal skins
• ostrich feathers.
• iron tools
• soapstone bowls

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