Politics favored the decline of Great Zimbabwe, due to its wars with neighboring countries, to which many tributes were demanded; and while they waged wars that spent many resources, their own internal disputes and civil wars weakened the government. With a weak government, there were fights for the succession of rulers, which led to a rebellion against their king, and along with the overpopulation of people (between 1450 and 1500, there were 18,000 inhabitants within the kingdom) in a small area for Then, the Great Zimbabwe was losing its greatness.