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Rozvi Empire: c. 1660 –1866 Mthwakazi: 1840–1893: Rudd Concession: 1888: BSA Company rule: 1890–1923: First Matabele War: 1893–1894: Second Matabele War: 1896–1897: World War I involvement
The military history of Zimbabwe chronicles a vast time period and complex events from the dawn of history until the present time. It covers invasions of native peoples of Africa ( Shona and Ndebele ), encroachment by Europeans ( Portuguese , Boer and British settlers), and civil conflict.
Rozvi Empire: c. 1660 –1866 Mthwakazi: 1840–1893: Rudd Concession: 1888: BSA Company rule: 1890–1923: First Matabele War: 1893–1894: Second Matabele War: 1896–1897: World War I involvement
Rozvi Empire: c. 1660 –1866 Mthwakazi: 1840–1893: Rudd Concession: 1888: BSA Company rule: 1890–1923: First Matabele War: 1893–1894: Second Matabele War: 1896–1897: World War I involvement
More substantial in numbers in Zimbabwe were the makers of the Ziwa and Gokomere ceramic wares, of the fourth century A.D. [4] Their early Iron Age ceramic tradition belonged to the highlands facies of the eastern stream, [6] which moved inland to Malawi and Zimbabwe. Imports of beads have been found at Gokomere and Ziwa sites, possibly in ...
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Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, [3] with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most common. Zimbabwe is a member of the United Nations, the Southern African Development Community, the African Union, and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. The region was long inhabited by the San, and was settled by Bantu peoples around 2,000 years ago.
The country has been officially called Zimbabwe since 1980, when its name was formally changed from Southern Rhodesia, the name given to it by the British South Africa Company in 1895. Southern Rhodesia was often simply called Rhodesia, particularly between 1964 and 1980. The name Zimbabwe Rhodesia was briefly used in 1979.