GROUP 8

• SETA

• DAVID

• KWASI

• LULIT

• FINNY

• TARUN

The Great Zimbabwe Ruins

History of the Ruins• Complex of ruins from which the country took its new name

of “Zimbabwe”• The largest ruins in Africa, they span 1,800 acres (7 km²)

and cover a radius of 100 to 200 miles (160 to 320 km).• During its heyday, the area known as Great Zimbabwe was

the capital of a Shona trading empire • At its peak, estimates are that the ruins had as many as

18,000 inhabitants.• Royalty lived within the city walls, farmers and workers lived

outside• When the Ruins were discovered by European explorers in

1870, they thought it was the site of King Solomon's mines - the result was a frantic rush to search for gold ... with no success whatsoever!

Construction

• Built consistently throughout the period from the 11th century to the 15th century

• The walls were built from stones taken from nearby hills. • Great rocks were cut using torches and then chiseled

into blocks.• Building blocks fitted so perfectly that mortar was not

needed to hold the walls in place

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Entrance Tower – Just for aesthetic purposes

HISTORICAL SITE OF ZAMBIA

KALAMBO FALLS

LOCATION

• On the kalambo river in mbala district of northern province in Zambia.

• Lies on the border between Zambia and Tanzania at the south east of lake Tanganyika.

KALAMBO FALLS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbala

Mbala

HISTORICAL BACK GROUND

• Is a national monument for Zambia.

• One of the most important archaeological sites in Zambia.

• Site was once occupied by the Stone Age and the Iron Age man.

• Provided earliest evidence of the use of fire.

CONCLUSION

• Site unusual in that it has two very important features, the wonders of the world (falls) and the historical site which had settlements through out the centuries (Stone Age and Iron Age).

GHANA

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Man_of_the_woods.JPG

Meskel Flower SquareAddis Ababa, Ethiopia

ETHIOPIA

Indonesia

Orang Utan

From mountains to beaches

Discussion

• Group members feel that it is difficult to explain about specifics villages to someone who doesn’t know about the country.

• To provide an understanding about the country, maps, pictures and descriptions of the symbols of the country are used by group members.

• Maps give the impressions of the size, shape and the spatial location of a place.

• However, maps doesn’t give the feel or emotions and values of a place.

• Photographs / images showing the national symbols, landscapes, cultural – social life of the people, convey the emotional attachments to the place.

• Descriptive texts and verbal explanations also provide additional information and elaborate understanding about the place.

• These non-scientific understanding about the socio-cultural aspects of a place provide understanding about the key issues related to the development, which may not be documented in a scientific manner.