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The Kingdom of Kongo (Kongo: Kongo Dya Ntotila [6] [7] [8] or Wene wa Kongo; [9] Portuguese: Reino do Congo) was a kingdom in Central Africa. It was located in present-day northern Angola , the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , [ 10 ] southern Gabon and the Republic of the Congo . [ 11 ]
The primary result in Kongo was that the absence of an immediate heir spun the country into civil war. This civil war, which raged for half a century, led to Kongo's decentralization and fundamental changes, leading to Kongolese historians, even in 1700, regarding the battle as a decisive turning point in their country's history.
First Kongo-Portuguese War (1622–1623) Battle of Mbumbi; Battle of Mbanda Kasi; Location: Central Africa (modernAngola and Congo region) Kingdom of Portugal. Portuguese Angola; Kingdom of Kongo: Status quo ante bellum. Pedro II of Kongo sought help of Dutch empire, entering to the Dutch–Portuguese War; Spanish-Siam War (1624–1636) [20 ...
Map showing the capital city, "M'banza-Kongo" (written here as S. Salvador) of the Kingdom of Kongo in the year 1711, located within the territory of what is today known as the "Republic of Angola" c. 1506 – c. 1543 Afonso I of Kongo's Rise to Power. 1506 Battle of Mbanza Kongo; 1588–1654 Dutch–Portuguese War. 29 October 1647 Battle of Kombi
Kongo and Angola had no more control over this remote settlement than it had before the battle. The party that did prosper as a result of Kongo's defeat was the county of Soyo, home to many Kimpanzu partisans. [9]: 61 Soyo, ruled by the Silva kanda, had been refuge to the Kimpanzu hiding out in the Luvota region in its south.
The Battle of Mbandi Kasi was a military engagement between forces of Portuguese Angola and the Kingdom of Kongo during their first armed conflict which spanned from 1622 to 1623. The battle, while not widely reported by the Portuguese, was recorded in correspondence between the Kongolese and their Dutch allies.
Monument in Coimbra, Portugal, to the Portuguese soldiers who died in World War I. The Kingdom of Portugal had been allied with England since 1373, and thus the Republic of Portugal was an ally of the United Kingdom. However, Portugal remained neutral from the start of World War I in 1914 until early 1916.
English: Map of the offensive of AFDL in the en:First Congo War. Sources are: Johnson: Kongo, Kriege, Korruption und die Kunst des Überlebens. Brandes & Apsel, Frankfurt am Main, 2009; Stearns: Dancing in the Glory of Monsters; Der Spiegel 45/1996 p. 167; 7/1997 p. 128; 19/1997 p. 146