Mystery of Great Zimbabwe
The first reports of a fabulous stone palace in Southern Africa did not leave Africa until 1552. It was described by Joćo de Barros in his book Da Asia as "a square fortress, masonry within and without, built of stones of marvelous size, and there appears to be no mortar joining them." Portuguese chroniclers of that time believed the stone palace to be the biblical city of Ophir, where the queen of Sheba procured gold for the temple of Solomon. These beliefs persisted until 1871, when Carl Mauch discovered the ruins.Unfortunately, Mauch was only able to boost the Portuguese theories, and was unsuccessful in proving the origins of the ruins. He concluded that a "civilized [read: white] nation must have once lived there." He tried to prove that the ruins had been built by the Queen of Sheba. He argued that the wood found there was very similar to the cedar of Lebanon, and therefore, had to have been brought over by
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Sub-Saharan Africa, Rhode's Bent's, David Randall-Maclver, Thankfully Zimbabwe, Da Asia, Queen Sheba, Unfortunately Mauch, Theodore Bent, Phoenician Egyptian
and, Company BSA, queen sheba, ruins built, built africans, prove ruins, religious center, stone palace,
Approximate Word count = 623
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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