Khami Ruins

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World Heritage Site archaeological site precolonial African city

Khami Ruins is an archaeological site in southwestern Zimbabwe featuring the stone-built remains of a precolonial African city that succeeded Great Zimbabwe as a major political and trading center.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Khami Ruins canonical 8
Khami 5
Khami Ruins National Monument 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
precolonial African city ⓘ
abandonedByCentury late 17th century ⓘ
architecturalStyle Zimbabwe tradition stone architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Rozvi states ⓘ
Torwa dynasty ⓘ
builtFromMaterial stone ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Zimbabwe ⓘ
culture Torwa state ⓘ
distinguishedBy decorative stone wall patterns ⓘ
terraced platforms instead of free-standing walls ⓘ
hasFeature civic and ritual areas ⓘ
decorated retaining walls ⓘ
dry-stone masonry ⓘ
elite residential platforms ⓘ
open areas for commoners ⓘ
stone-walled enclosures ⓘ
terraced stone platforms ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn southwestern Zimbabwe ⓘ
locatedNear Bulawayo ⓘ
locatedOn Khami River ⓘ
management National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
partOf Zimbabwean cultural heritage ⓘ
periodOfFlourishing 15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
predecessor Great Zimbabwe ⓘ
region Matabeleland South ⓘ
surface form: Matabeleland South Province
significance evidence of complex state-level society ⓘ
evidence of long-distance trade ⓘ
example of post-Great Zimbabwe urbanism ⓘ
succeeded Great Zimbabwe as major political center ⓘ
Great Zimbabwe as major trading center ⓘ
tradedGoods cattle ⓘ
gold ⓘ
imported beads ⓘ
imported ceramics ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
tradingLinks Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Portuguese traders ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 365 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1986 ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zimbabwe → hasWorldHeritageSite → Khami Ruins ⓘ
Torwa state → capital → Khami Ruins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khami
Torwa state → centeredAt → Khami Ruins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khami
Torwa state → archaeologicalSite → Khami Ruins ⓘ
Torwa state → heritageSiteAtCapital → Khami Ruins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khami Ruins National Monument
Torwa state → archaeologicalCulture → Khami Ruins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khami culture
Torwa state → successorStateSite → Khami Ruins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khami Ruins World Heritage Site
Torwa dynasty → capital → Khami Ruins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khami
Torwa dynasty → locatedNear → Khami Ruins ⓘ
Torwa dynasty → archaeologicalSite → Khami Ruins ⓘ
National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe → oversees → Khami Ruins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khami Ruins National Monument
Khami River → flowsNear → Khami Ruins ⓘ
Khami River → locatedNear → Khami Ruins ⓘ
Khami River → associatedWith → Khami Ruins ⓘ
Khami River → nearbyArchaeologicalSite → Khami Ruins ⓘ
Khami River → nearbyWorldHeritageSite → Khami Ruins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khami Ruins National Monument
Khami River → nearbySettlement → Khami Ruins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khami
Khami River → influencedDevelopmentOf → Khami Ruins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khami Ruins settlement
Butua Kingdom → capital → Khami Ruins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khami
Butua Kingdom → hasArchaeologicalSite → Khami Ruins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khami ruins