The Luba Empire or Kingdom of Luba was a pre-colonial Central African state that arose in the marshy grasslands of the Upemba Depression in what is now...

development and evolution of the Luba Empire, and the life of Luba people therein, has been unclear. This is in part because the Luba people were an entirely oral...

into a significant empire. This growth in territory and power allowed the Luba state to elevate its status from a kingdom to an empire. Mulopwe = Emperor...

Zimbabwe, and the western Congo. Two major empires claiming Luba descent were the Lunda Empire and Maravi Empire. The Bemba people and Basimba people of...

reward for his loyalty to Mwanta Yamvo. List of rulers of the Lunda Empire Luba Empire John K. Thornton. History of West Central Africa. Cambridge University...

Look up luba, lubą, lúba, or Ľuba in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Luba may refer to: Kingdom of Luba, a pre-colonial Central African empire Ľubá, a village...

Luba empire and adopted forms of Luba culture and governance, thus becoming the Lunda Empire to the south. According to Lunda genesis myths, a Luba hunter...

eighteenth century the Luba empire expanded eastward and southward until it reached the basins of the Sankuru and Lomami rivers. Luba art consequently varies...

the Lualaba valley from the Luba Empire, probably some time after 1600. They traded salt for iron hoes made in the Luba heartland, and wore raphia cloth...

Luba empire and adopted forms of Luba culture and governance and thus became the Lunda empire to the south. According to Lunda genesis myths, a Luba hunter...

("King of the Baluba") to tie the state more closely to the pre-colonial Luba Empire. The act divided the South Kasaian authorities and Kalonji was disavowed...

the peripheral areas of their empire such as the Luvua-Lukuga corridor, with the local ruler being a near-equal of the Luba emperor, sending only occasional...

African empires include Wagadu, Mali, Songhai, Sokoto, Ife, Benin, Asante, the Fatimids, Almoravids, Almohads, Ayyubids, Mamluks, Kongo, Mwene Muji, Luba, Lunda...

territory of Mwata Kazembe, stopped the southwards expansion of the Luba Empire and subjugated tribes in the southwest, on the trading route to Angola...

The Ottoman Empire (/ˈɒtəmən/), also called the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa...

significant Luba Empire, as well as the Kingdom of Lunda. The process in which the primitive original Upemba society transitioned into the Luba kingdom was...

the Congo) (Nzari) Luba Empire (I): 332–333  (1585–1885/present AD) (NSM in Democratic Republic of the Congo) (List of rulers of Luba) vassals (once independent):...

Ilunga (b. 16th century) was a Prince, King and one of the emperors of Luba Empire, the latter of which spread over the province of Katanga (before cutting)...

Tshibinda Ilunga or Chibinda Yirung (c. 1600) was a Luba and founder of the Lunda Kingdom that covered large parts of modern Democratic Republic of the...

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian...

Reefe, Thomas Q. (1981). The Rainbow and the Kings: A History of the Luba Empire to 1891. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520041400. Shillington...

(1736–1796) Mughal Empire (1526–1858) Mysore empire (1399–1950) Mutapa Empire Maravi Empire Luba Empire Lunda Empire French First Empire British Empire (1583–1997)...

Kingdom, the Lunda Empire, the Luba Empire, Barotse Empire, Kazembe Kingdom, Mbunda Kingdom, Yeke Kingdom, Kasanje Kingdom, Empire of Kitara, Butooro...

Reefe, Thomas Q. (1981). The rainbow and the kings: a history of the Luba Empire to 1891. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-04140-2. von Oppen...

Further east, the Luba Empire was founded in the Upemba Depression in the 15th century. In the northern Great Lakes, the Empire of Kitara rose around...

Ilunga Mbidi was a soldier and cultural hero of the Luba and Lunda people. The details of his origins are not known. It is likely that he came from another...

Kongolo (or Nkongolo) was a leader of Luba people in the region of Katanga, and the first king of the Luba Empire. He built his capital in Mwibele, near...

The German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich), also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich...

from the 14th to 19th centuries. In the center and east, the empires of Mwene Muji, Luba, and Lunda ruled from the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries to the...

as the foundation for decorated textile production The Kingdom of Luba or Luba Empire (1585–1889) was a pre-colonial Central African state that arose in...