The Rozvi Empire continued the Butua Kingdom’s tradition of building cities from this material. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this material used to build conical towers at Great Zimbabwe. The bird sculptures of Great Zimbabwe were carved from the soft “soap” type of this general material.
ANSWER: stone [or stone blocks; or dry-stone; accept granite or soapstone]
[10h] In the 1600s, the Rozvi developed this battle formation in which the main force was flanked by younger troops in a pincer movement. Impi soldiers used this formation at the Battle of Kambula.
ANSWER: cow horn formation [or buffalo horn formation; or bull horn formation; or cattle horn formation; accept anything mentioning horns AND cows, buffalo, bulls, or cattle, such as horns of the buffalo; prompt on horn formation]
[10m] The Rozvi’s founder Changamire Dombo drove this empire and its puppet Mutapa away from gold mines. Padrão pillars were left by explorers from this empire, which Christianized the Kongo in the 1500s.
ANSWER: Portugal [accept the Portuguese Empire]
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