The Kingdom of Mapungubwe (Maphungubgwe, pronounced "mah-POON-goob-weh"; c. 1075 – c. 1220) was a medieval state in South Africa located at the confluence...
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Southern Africa. This kingdom came about after the collapse of the Kingdom of Mapungubwe. The name "Zimbabwe" is Shona for "great house of stone", from the...
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rhinoceros of Mapungubwe is a medieval artifact, made from wood which is covered in thin sheets of gold, from the medieval Kingdom of Mapungubwe, which is...
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Southern Africa (redirect from Demographics of Southern Africa)
precolonial Southern Africa. This kingdom came after the collapse of the Kingdom of Mapungubwe. During the decline of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe, two powers emerged...
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capital of the Kingdom of Mapungubwe, as well as the wildlife and riverine forests along the Limpopo River. The Mapungubwe Hill was the site of a community...
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Venda people (redirect from List of Venda people)
of the Venda starts from the Kingdom of Mapungubwe (9th Century) where King Shiriyadenga was the first king of Venda and Mapungubwe. The Mapungubwe Kingdom...
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The Mapungubwe Collection, held by the University of Pretoria museums in its Old Arts Building, consists of archaeological materials excavated by the...
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The Kingdom of Mutapa – sometimes referred to as the Mutapa Empire, Mwenemutapa, (Shona: Mwene ( or Munhu) we Mutapa, Portuguese: Monomotapa) – was an...
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The Zulu Kingdom (/ˈzuːluː/ ZOO-loo; Zulu: KwaZulu), sometimes referred to as the Zulu Empire or the Kingdom of Zululand, was a monarchy in Southern Africa...
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the area and relocated to Mapungubwe Hill. The kingdom taxed other rulers throughout the region. The kingdom was composed of over 150 tributaries headquartered...
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Zimbabwe (redirect from Republic of Zimbabwe)
and glass. By 1220, the Kingdom of Zimbabwe eclipsed Mapungubwe. This Shona state further refined and expanded upon Mapungubwe's stone architecture. From...
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South Africa (redirect from Republic of South Africa)
the United Kingdom with the passage of the Statute of Westminster, which abolished the last powers of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to legislate...
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north-eastern areas of present-day South Africa.[citation needed] The Kingdom of Mapungubwe, which was located near the northern border of present-day South...
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of present-day South Africa. The Kingdom of Mapungubwe, which was located near the northern border of present-day South Africa, at the confluence of the...
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area. A series of trading empires emerged, including the Kingdom of Mapungubwe and Kingdom of Zimbabwe. In the 1880s, the British South Africa Company...
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Natalia Republic (redirect from Republic of Natalia)
capital of the future state that he envisioned. He went to the kraal of Shaka’s successor Dingane, ruler of the Zulu Kingdom, to obtain a cession of territory...
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thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language...
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occurrence of cattle farming was in the 5th century CE and the Iron Age reached modern-day Kwa-Zulu Natal around 700 CE. The Kingdom of Mapungubwe (c.11th...
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Bophuthatswana (redirect from Republic of Bophuthatswana)
issued by the authorities of ... Bophuthatswana for the purpose of admitting visitors to the United Kingdom". While the majority of news reports echoed these...
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(1976–1979 AD) Kingdom of Mapungubwe (1075–1220 AD) preceded by Leopard's Kopje (650–1075 AD) (unclear if this was organised into a kingdom) Kingdom of Zimbabwe...
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Apartheid (redirect from Apartheid system of South Africa)
colonies of South Africa were launched on a different and independent legislative path from the rest of the British Empire. The United Kingdom's Slavery...
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African empires (category Former monarchies of Africa)
confused with Ancient Meroe. Kingdom of Mapungubwe Rozvi Empire Torwa Empire Xhosa Kingdom The Empire of Kitara in the area of the African Great Lakes has...
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Freedom Front Plus (category Members of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
is led by Pieter Groenewald. Since 2024, it is a part of the current South African government of national unity together with the African National Congress...
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South African cuisine (redirect from Cuisine of South Africa)
was a colony of the British Empire and has strong influences from United Kingdom. As British people settled in South Africa they brought their cuisine,...
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Leopard's Kopje (category Archaeological sites of Eastern Africa)
Vhembe District Municipality), Khami, Mapungubwe, and Bambandyanalo. Khami Thomas Huffman Kingdom of Mapungubwe Great Zimbabwe Bambandyanalo Kopje, pronounced...
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status to the United Kingdom, and the Parliament of the United Kingdom could no longer legislate on behalf of them. This had the effect of making the Union...
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Medieval and early modern Africa (category Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from July 2024)
today's Eastern Cape Province. The Kingdom of Mapungubwe was the first state in Southern Africa, with its capital at Mapungubwe. The state arose in the 12th...
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Sterkfontein Makapan Taung Mapungubwe Richtersveld Robben Island Cape Floral iSimangaliso Vredefort Dome Maloti-Drakensberg Barberton Mountains ǂKhomani...
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Cape Colony (redirect from Colony of the Cape of Good Hope)
Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope. It existed from 1795...
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Dutch Cape Colony (redirect from Commander of the Cape)
Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name. The original colony and the successive states that the colony was incorporated into occupied much of modern...
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