I-Great Zimbabwe Ruins (ngezinye izikhathi ibizwa nje ngokuthi i- Great Zimbabwe ) yizintambo eziqakathekile nakakhulu kunazo zonke zaseNingizimu Afrika. Yakhelwe indawo yeGugu Lomhlaba ngo-1986, imibhoshongo emikhulu kanye nezakhiwo zakhiwe ngezigidi zamatshe ezilinganiselwe kahle phezu komunye nomunye ngaphandle kosizo lomdaka. I-Great Zimbabwe yanikezela i-Zimbabwe yanamuhla igama layo kanye nesibonakaliso sayo sikazwelonke - ukhozi oluqoshiwe ngokukhishwa ngamatshe ensipho olutholakala emanxiweni.
I-Rise of Great Zimbabwe
Umphakathi Omkhulu weZimbabwe ukholelwa ukuthi uye waba namandla kakhulu phakathi nekhulu le-11 leminyaka. AmaSwahili, amaPutukezi nama-Arabhu ayehamba ngaphesheya kolwandle lwaseMozambique aqala ukuhweba izingulube, indwangu kanye nengilazi nabantu base-Great Zimbabwe ngokubuyisela igolide nendlovu. Njengoba abantu baseZimbabwe bekhululekile, bakha umbuso owakhiwe ngamatshe amakhulu amakhulu okwakuzogcina amasaka angamakhilomitha angama-500. Kucatshangwa ukuthi abantu abangaba ngu-18 000 bahlala lapha ngesikhathi saso.
Ukuwa kweZimbabwe enkulu
Ngekhulu lama-15, i-Great Zimbabwe yayinciphile ngenxa yabantu abaningi, izifo kanye nokungezwani kwezombangazwe. Ngesikhathi amaPutukezi efika efuna amadolobha angamahemuhemu akhiwa ngegolide, i-Great Zimbabwe yayisele phansi.
Umlando wakamuva we-Great Zimbabwe
Phakathi nezikhathi zobukhosi lapho ubukhulu obumhlophe bebukeka khona, abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi i-Great Zimbabwe ayikwazanga ukuthi yakhiwe ngabantu abamnyama base-Afrika.
Imikhosi yayibanjwe nxazonke, abanye bakholelwa ukuthi i-Great Zimbabwe yakhiwe ngamaFenike noma ama-Arabs. Abanye bakholelwa ukuthi abamhlophe-abahlali kumele bazakhele izakhiwo. Kuze kube ngo-1929 umvubukuli uGertrude Caton-Thompson wabonisa ngokucacile ukuthi i-Great Zimbabwe yakhiwe ngabantu abamnyama base-Afrika.
Namuhla, izizwe ezihlukahlukene esifundeni zithi i-Great Zimbabwe yakhiwa okhokho babo.
Abavubukuli ngokuvamile bayavuma ukuthi isiGaba seMibhalo cishe sinomthwalo wemfanelo. Umphakathi we-Scripture ukholelwa ngokwabo ukuba babe nefa lamaJuda.
Kungani iRhodesi yaqanjwa kabusha iZimbabwe
Naphezu kwamaqiniso, ukuphathwa kwamakholoni ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1970 kusaphika ukuthi abamnyama baseAfrika babengabalandeli balo muzi owodwa owodwa. Yingakho i-Great Zimbabwe yaba uphawu olubalulekile, ikakhulu kulabo abalwa umbuso wama-colonial phakathi neminyaka yama-1960 ukuya ekuzimele ngo-1980. I-Great Zimbabwe ibonisa ukuthi abantu abamnyama base-Afrika babekwazi ukuthini naphezu kokuphika kwamadoda amhlophe ngaleso sikhathi. Ngenkathi amandla adluliselwe kahle kunengi, iRhodesi ibizwa ngeZimbabwe.
Igama elithi "Zimbabwe" cishe lithathwe ngolimi lwesiShona; dzimba za mabwe kusho "indlu yetshe".
I-Great Zimbabwe ichitha namuhla
Ukuvakashela izindawo ezinqotshwa ezinkulu zeZimbabwe kwakuyisiqalo sokuhamba kwami kulelo zwe, futhi akufanele baphuthelwe. Amakhono amatshe awakhiwe ngawo ahlaba umxhwele ngenxa yokungabi nalutho. I-Great Enclosure iyinto ethile, enezindonga eziphakeme ngamamitha angu-36 efinyelela cishe ngamamitha angu-820. Udinga usuku olugcwele ukuhlola izindawo ezintathu eziyinhloko ezithakazelisayo, i-Hill Complex (ebuye inikeze imibono emihle), i-Great Enclosure kanye nemyuziyamu.
I-museum inamathemikhali amaningi atholakele phakathi kwamanxiwa afaka nobumba obuvela eChina.
Ukuvakashela ama-Great Ruins Ruins
I-Masvingo yiyona idolobha eliseduze kunazo zonke amaRuwa, cishe amakhilomitha angaba ngu-30. Kunezindawo zokulala eziningi kanye nehostela eMasvingo. Kukhona ihhotela kanye nemakhamuzi aseMadolobheni ngokwabo.
Ukuze ufike eMasvingo, uqasha imoto noma ubambe ibhasi elide. Kuthatha amahora amahlanu ukusuka eHarare namahora amathathu ukusuka eBulawayo. Amabhasi amade aphakathi kweHarare neGoli ahamba eduze kwamadolobha. Kukhona isitimela sesitimela eMasvingo, kodwa izitimela zase Zimbabwe zihamba kancane futhi zihamba kancane.
Njengoba unikezwe ngomlando wezepolitiki (April, 2008) qinisekisa ukuthi uvikelekile ngaphambi kokuvakashela amaRwanda amakhulu aseZimbabwe.
Ukuvakasha okufaka i-Great Zimbabwe
Ukuze ngikhulume iqiniso, angiyena umfana omkhulu wamanxiwa ngamatshe ngokujwayelekile, ngicabanga ukuthi anginakho umcabango wokubona lokho okwakukhona.
Kodwa i-Great Zimbabwe impela inomuzwa ozwakalayo ngakho, amantombazane asezingeni elihle futhi lihlaba umxhwele kakhulu. Thatha uhambo oluqondisiwe uma ukhona, luzokwenza konke kube mnandi kakhulu. Ngaphandle kwalokho, vakashela njengengxenye yohambo:
- Amaphuzu avelele eZimbabwe
- INingizimu Afrika- Ukuvakasha Kwezakhiwo ZaseZimbabwe
- I-Go2Africa Tours Overland
- & Beyond Tours Luxury
Ulwazi Oluthe xaxa Ungaba Nentshisekelo Ku:
- Imfihlakalo ye-Great Zimbabwe - PBS.org/NOVA
- Amadolobha ase Great Zimbabwe - H2G2 (BBC)
- I-Great Zimbabwe Video - Kusuka ku-YouTube
- I-Great Zimbabwe National Monument - i-Wikipedia