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In 2022, researchers showed that a city in this modern-day country used dhaka pits to store water. A “pattern” named for this modern-day country was distinguished from the “central cattle pattern” by Thomas Huffman, who also investigated the “tradition” of this modern-day country’s site of Leopard’s Kopje (“COP-yuh”). The Torwa dynasty ruled a gold-trading kingdom once located in this modern-day country centered at Khami. Many daga buildings were found in the “Valley Ruins” of (10[1])a city (10[1])in this modern-day country where a conical tower (10[1])was located (-5[1])in (10[1])its (-5[2])“Great (10[3])Enclosure.” (10[15])A city (10[4])in this (10[3])modern-day (10[3]-5[1])country (10[1])contained (10[2]-5[1])the “Hill Complex,” (10[1])the hypothesized original location of eight soapstone birds. (10[3])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[3])what modern-day country contains (10[1])the site of a “Great” African (10[1])city (10[3])founded by the Shona (10[1])people? (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

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