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Great Zimbabwe government ruled by a god-king over a large court.

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Very little is known about the government in Great Zimbabwe. Some scholars have suggested, however, that the ruler was a god-king who presided over a large court. He may have shared authority with a powerful queen mother as well as nine queens,each of whom had her own court. Below the king, a centural bureaucracy may have ruled an inner ring of provinces, while appointed governors had authority in more distant villages. *** At harvest  time, the Kilkuyu people of East Africa offered prayers of thanks giving to their traditional gods: "Mwene-Nyaga,you who have brought us rain and have given us good harvest, let people eat grain of this harvest calmly and peacefully... Guard us against illness of people or our herds and flocks so that we  may enjoy this season's harvest in tranquility. -- FacingJomo Kenyatta, Facing Mount Kenya.   But in West Africa mosques, Muslims recited a different prayer which addressed " Praise be to God, Lord of the Universe, the Compassionate, the Merciful."   Do you know how the Caucasian white sodomite men, derived their system of political republic government.  See Pp 249 ch 12 Prrntice Hall World History."Sharing Power."

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