Historical sources and Mapungubwe: first state in southern ...

South Africa’s first big town. Check on your map for Mapungubwe. Underline it. At around 1270AD, it was the biggest town in Southern Africa. 0. Mapungubwe. lay on a hill near where the borders of Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe meet. It began as a small town in the valley below the hill, occupied by poor people and their chief. ................
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