english: He would have needed to trace the gold and the goods from some of the great trading emporia of the Swahili coast to Great Zimbabwe, to gain a sense of the scale and influence of that mysterious culture, to get a picture of Great Zimbabwe as a political, cultural entity through the kingdoms and the civilizations that were drawn under its control.
non_english: Morao bi da prati trag zlata i robe od nekih od velikih trgovačkih središta na svahilijskoj obali do Velikog Zimbabvea, da bi stvorio predstavu o obimu i uticaju te misteriozne kulture, da bi stvorio sliku o Velikom Zimbabveu kao političkom, kulturnom entitetu kroz kraljevstva i civilizacije koje su dovedene pod njegovu kontrolu.