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The Zulu Kingdom (/ ˈ z uː l uː / ZOO-loo; Zulu: KwaZulu), sometimes referred to as the Zulu Empire, was a monarchy in Southern Africa.During the 1810s, Shaka established a standing army that consolidated rival clans and built a large following which ruled a wide expanse of Southern Africa that extended along the coast of the Indian Ocean from the Tugela River in the south to the Pongola ...
Zululand (Zulu: KwaZulu) may refer to: Zulu Kingdom (1818–1897) KwaZulu, a Bantustan in South Africa (1981–1994) KwaZulu-Natal, a province of the Republic of South Africa; Zululand District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; Diocese of Zululand, a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa
Euratlas is a Switzerland-based software company dedicated to elaborate digital history maps of Europe. [1] Founded in 2001, Euratlas has created a collection of history maps of Europe from year 1 AD to year 2000 AD that present the evolution of every country from the Roman Empire [2] to present times.
The failure to secure an effective defensive position, the poor intelligence on the location of the main Zulu army, Chelmsford's decision to split his force in half, and the Zulus' tactical exploitation of the terrain and the weaknesses in the British formation, all combined to prove catastrophic for the troops at Isandlwana.
{{Information |description ={{en|1=Map of Zululand, Natal, Transvaal ect.}} |source =Image extracted from page 91 of ''British Rule in South Africa. Illustrated in the Story of Kama and his tribe, and of the war in Zululand'', by HOLDEN, William Clifford. Original held and digitised by the British Library.
KwaZulu was a semi-independent Bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government as a homeland for the Zulu people.The capital was moved from Nongoma to Ulundi in 1980.
The origins of the republic can be traced to the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879, which had created a great deal of turmoil in the area bordering Zululand, with refugees overrunning the lands of border farmers, as well as disrupting the seasonal movement of livestock. This created a desire to impose order, as well as enticing its participants with the ...
A British Agent shall be allowed to reside in Zululand, who will see that the above provisions are carried out. All disputes in which a missionary or European is concerned, shall be heard by the king in public and in presence of the Resident. No sentence of expulsion from Zululand shall be carried out until it has been approved by the Resident ...