Economy B (Taylor Warren)

Economy B (Taylor Warren)

The Great Zimbabwe empire focused on a lot of trading, they were considered a "center for trading". The trade network formed, linked to Kilwa and extended as far as China. Producing goods was also a major part of their economy. They produced a lot of gold, ivory, furs, and skins. They had skills like weaving and pottery which made their items much more valuable, but gold was their main source of wealth. They mainly traded gold and ivory with Kilwa, they traded for Chinese pottery, coins for Arabia, and glass beads. Soon a huge demand erupted for gold and their wealth went down due to the lack of gold. This lead to them with not much left, and they expanded in search for more gold, due to focusing on gold and not their economy, the economy eventually got worse. 
I would give the Great Zimbabwe economy a "B" because they had a great and powerful economy until they started focusing just on gold and when the gold decreased so did their wealth which lead their economy to slowly get worse.