Give the factors for the decline of the Shona Kingdom?

      

Give the factors for the decline of the Shona Kingdom?

  

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Eric
1. The great Zimbabwe declined because of lack of salt and the trade routes that passed in the kingdom had shifted to north towards the Zambezi valley.
2. There was an increase in population which exerted pressure on land for cultivation and pasture.
3. King Mutapa who succeeded Mutota as king of Mwene Mutapa was not as powerful as his father.
4. The Portuguese presence in the kingdom resulted in chaos in the kingdom.
5. The Rozwi Empire was conquered by the Ndebele from South Africa who ruled the shone up to the time of the British invasion.

ericmunguti answered the question on September 21, 2018 at 08:27


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