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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 a city in this modern-day country where a conical tower was located (-5[1])in its “Great Enclosure.” A city (10[1])in this modern-day (-5[1])country contained the “Hill Complex,” the hypothesized original location of eight soapstone birds. For 10 points, what modern-day country contains the site of a “Great” African city founded by the Shona people? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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