Leopard's Kopje type site have been classified as part of phase II of the Leopard's Kopje culture. For information on the region of Leopard's Kopje, see the...
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Canteen Kopje is an archaeological site, formally protected as a grade 2 provincial heritage site, and approved in 2017 for re-grading to national status...
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Castle Kopje is an Iron Age site located in east-central Zimbabwe, dating back to the second millennium. It is believed to have been a smaller settlement...
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Big Hole (redirect from Colesberg Kopje)
Jagersfontein. The first diamonds here were found by Alyrick Braswell on Colesberg Kopje by members of the "Red Cap Party" from Colesberg at Vooruitzigt Farm, which...
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is a function of diverse habitats, including riverine forests, swamps, kopjes, grasslands, and woodlands. Blue wildebeest, gazelles, zebras, and buffalos...
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Matobo National Park (redirect from Mother and Child Kopje)
Park forms the core of the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Bulawayo...
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Cinnamon-breasted warbler (redirect from Kopje Warbler)
The cinnamon-breasted warbler or kopje warbler (Euryptila subcinnamomea) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is monotypic within the genus...
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of Zimbabwean independence, taking its name from the village near Harare Kopje of the Shona chief Neharawa, whose nickname was "he who does not sleep"...
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tor, which is also known by geomorphologists as either a castle koppie or kopje, is a large, free-standing rock outcrop that rises abruptly from the surrounding...
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falling back under Boer control. The British attempted to storm Biddulphsberg-kopje, which was defended by Boers of the Senekal Commando, however were unable...
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San Diego Zoo (section Kopje)
ibexes. The word kopje in Dutch means "small head" which describes the rock formations that seem to pop out in the savanna. Kopjes are homes for well...
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Leopard's Kopje c. 900 – c. 1075 Mapungubwe Kingdom c. 1075 – c. 1220 Zimbabwe Kingdom c. 1220 – c. 1450 Butua Kingdom c. 1450–1683 Mutapa Kingdom c. 1450–1760...
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Leopard's Kopje c. 900 – c. 1075 Mapungubwe Kingdom c. 1075 – c. 1220 Zimbabwe Kingdom c. 1220 – c. 1450 Butua Kingdom c. 1450–1683 Mutapa Kingdom c. 1450–1760...
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Khami, Dhlo-Dhlo and Naletale. The Matobo Hills are an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some 35 km (22 mi) south of Bulawayo in southern...
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Huffman (2008), the original Bakalanga people descended from Leopard's Kopje farmers. These people occupied areas covering parts of north eastern Botswana...
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sizes of 250 and 200 ml. In The Netherlands, traditionally a "cup" (Dutch: kopje) amounts to 150 ml. However, in modern recipes the US legal cup of 240 ml...
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50-carat (16.700 g; 0.5891 oz) diamond was found on the slopes of Colesberg Kopje on the farm Vooruitzigt belonging to the De Beers brothers. This sparked...
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gënjyen, donin sherr. Panorama, September 21, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2018 "Kopje e arkivuar". Archived from the original on 29 November 2017. Retrieved 19...
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Holland, penny or 'kopje' with portrait of Floris V...
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Penny or 'kopje' with portrait of John I...
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engagement in the Second Boer War near the Enslin railway station at Graspan kopje. The battle took place on November 25, 1899, between British forces led...
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Fleetwood Rawstorne's "Red Cap Party", found diamonds in 1871 on Colesberg Kopje after he was sent there to dig as punishment. Rawstorne took the news to...
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Other ruins in Zimbabwe Bumbusi Danangombe Naletale Khami Ziwa Leopard's Kopje Related ruins outside Zimbabwe Manyikeni – a Mozambiquean archaeological...
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Leopard's Kopje c. 900 – c. 1075 Mapungubwe Kingdom c. 1075 – c. 1220 Zimbabwe Kingdom c. 1220 – c. 1450 Butua Kingdom c. 1450–1683 Mutapa Kingdom c. 1450–1760...
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Kelly-Kenny had warned Kitchener not to leave "Kitchener's Kopje" undefended. Possession of the kopje was essential to guard the south-east of the British position...
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the diminutives of glas, kop and probleem in Dutch would become glaasje, kopje and probleempje, while in Afrikaans they would be glasie, koppie and probleempie...
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of African Liberation. Harare, Zimbabwe: An eternal flame burns atop the Kopje to commemorate independence. Pretoria, South Africa: An eternal flame burns...
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landforms, created over millions of years of erosion (Mother and Child Kopje pictured). People have inhabited the area for at least 500,000 years and...
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the Gokomere culture in the 5th century AD, the predecessor to Leopard's Kopje, which would later evolve into the kingdoms of Mapungubwe and Zimbabwe....
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