Masarautar Zimbabwe | |||||
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Wuri | |||||
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Mabiyi | Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (en) | ||||
Ƙirƙira | 1220 | ||||
Rushewa | 1450 | ||||
Ta biyo baya | Masarautar Mutapa da Kingdom of Butua (en) |
Masarautar Zimbabwe (c. 1220–1450) ta kasance daular Shona (Karanga) ta tsakiya wacce take a Zimbabwe ta zamani. Babban birninta, shine Masvingo na yau (ma'ana garu), wanda akafi kira Great Zimbabwe, shine tsarin dutse mafi girma a Kudancin Afirka na mulkin mallaka. Wannan masarauta ta samo asali ne bayan rugujewar Masarautar Mapungubwe.
Sunan "Zimbabwe" ta samo asali ne daga kalmar Shona na Great Zimbabwe, birni na tsakiya a kudu maso gabashin kasar wanda yanzu ya zama wurin kariya. Ka'idoji guda biyu daban-daban suna magana game da asalin kalmar. Majiyoyi da yawa sun ɗauka cewa "Zimbabwe" ta samo asali ne daga dzimba-dza-mabwe, wanda aka fassara daga yaren Karanga na Shona a matsayin "gidaje na duwatsu" (dzimba=jam'in imba, "gida"; mabwe=jam'in bwe, "dutse"). [1] [2] Mutanen Shona na Kalanga suna zaune a kusa da Zimbabwe a lardin Masvingo na zamani. Masanin ilimin archaeologist Peter Garlake ya yi iƙirarin cewa "Zimbabwe" tana wakiltar wani nau'i na kwangila na dzimba-hwe, wanda ke nufin "gidaje masu daraja" a cikin yaren Zezuru na Shona kuma yawanci yana ambaton gidaje ko kaburbura. [3]
Ko da yake an kafa Masarautar Zimbabuwe a zamanin da, binciken kayan tarihi a yankin ya nuna cewa kafa jihohi a nan ya fi dadadden tarihi. Tunanin farko sun nuna cewa a farkon ƙarni na 11, mutane daga Masarautar Mapungubwe a Kudancin Afirka sun ƙaura zuwa arewa zuwa yankin Zimbabwe. Sabbin bincike da shaidu sun nuna cewa an mamaye babban wurin Zimbabuwe tun a shekara ta 600 miladiyya kuma birnin da Masarautar juyin halitta ne na al'adun Gumanye da Gokomere, wasu daga cikinsu har yanzu suna nan.