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Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
c. 1220–1450
Coat of arms of Zimbabwe
Coat of arms
CapitalGreat Zimbabwe
Religion
Belief in Mwari
GovernmentMonarchy
Mambo 
• c. 1220-?
Rusvingo (first)
History 
• Abandonment of Mapungubwe for Zimbabwe
c. 1220
• Zimbabwe conquest of Mutapa
1430
• Abandonment of Zimbabwe for Mutapa
1450
ISO 3166 codeZW
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Zimbabwe Kingdom of Mapungubwe
Kingdom of Mutapa Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Kingdom of Butua Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Towers of Great Zimbabwe.

The Kingdom of Zimbabwe (c. 1220–1450) was a medieval Shona kingdom located in modern-day Zimbabwe. Its capital, today's Masvingo (meaning Walls), which is commonly called Great Zimbabwe, is the largest stone structure in precolonial Southern Africa. This kingdom came about after the collapse of the Kingdom of Mapungubwe.

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