Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Great Zimbabwe National Monument' has mentioned 'Stone' in the following places:
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[4] The stone city spans an area of 7.22 square kilometres (2.79 square miles) which, at its peak, could have housed up to 18,000 people. | WIKI |
The first proposes that the word is derived from Dzimba-dza-mabwe, translated from the Karanga dialect of Shona as "large houses of stone" (dzimba = plural of imba, "house"; mabwe = plural of bwe, "stone"). | WIKI |
Between the fourth and the seventh centuries, communities of the Gokomere or Ziwa cultures farmed the valley, and mined and worked iron, but built no stone structures. | WIKI |
Construction of the stone buildings started in the 11th century and continued for over 300 years. | WIKI |
[19] The ruins that survive are built entirely of stone; they span 730xc2xa0ha (1,800 acres). | WIKI |
This edifice is almost surrounded by hills, upon which are others resembling it in the fashioning of stone and the absence of mortar, and one of them is a tower more than 12 fathoms [22 m] high. | WIKI |
In the extensive stone ruins of the great city, which still remain today, include eight, monolithic birds carved in soapstone. | WIKI |
The first European visit may have been made by the Portuguese traveler Antxc3xb3nio Fernandes in 1513-1515, who crossed twice and reported in detail the region of present-day Zimbabwe (including the Shona kingdoms) and also fortified centers in stone without mortar. | WIKI |
Swan (1858-1904), who also visited and surveyed a host of related stone ruins nearby. | WIKI |
Both explorers were told that the stone edifices and the gold mines were constructed by a people known as the BaLemba. | WIKI |
Huts were built within the stone enclosure walls; inside each community area other walls mark off each family's area, generally comprising a kitchen, two living huts and a court. | UNESCO |
The Shona word Zimbabwe means the house in stone. | UNESCO |