I am an apologist for #REHoward. For all his writing's faults, he WAS one of the few #pulpwriters to acknowledge empires and nations of colour could exist.

In Howard's lifetime, this region was known as #SouthZambezia, then #Southern Rhodesia.

But Robert, who spent his youth devouring #historical and #geographic #knowledge, still used the old name #Zimbabawe (spelled Zembabawe) for one of his #HyborianAge #kingdoms.

#ConanTheBarbarian
#Fantasy
#Books
#history

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-ancient-remains-of-great-zimbabwe?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

The Ancient Remains of Great Zimbabwe

The ancient city of Great Zimbabwe was an engineering wonder. But archaeologists credited it to Phoenicians, Babylonians, Arabians – anyone but the Africans who actually built it.

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