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  2. Kingdom of Zimbabwe - Wikipedia

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    The Zimbabwe state was composed of over 150 smaller zimbabwes and likely covered 50,000 km² (19,000 square miles). ... By the 16th century, the Mutapa Empire and the ...

  3. Mutapa Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Mutapa Empire – sometimes referred to as the Mutapa Kingdom, Mwenemutapa, (Shona: Mwene (or Munhu) we Mutapa, Portuguese: Monomotapa) – was an African empire in Zimbabwe, which expanded to what is now modern-day Mozambique, Botswana, Malawi, and Zambia. A sixteenth-century Portuguese map of Monomotapa lying in the interior of southern ...

  4. Category:Years of the 16th century - Wikipedia

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    Years of the 16th century by continent (107 C) Years of the 16th century by country (159 C) This page was last edited on 5 January 2025, at 01:15 (UTC). Text is ...

  5. European exploration of Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Portuguese also established their trade interests in the Kingdom of Mutapa in the 16th century, and in 1629 placed a puppet ruler on the throne. The Portuguese (and later also the Dutch) also became involved in the local slave economy, supporting the state of the Jaggas, who performed slave raids in the Congo. [citation needed]

  6. List of colleges and universities in Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    1 Four-year institutions. 2 Tribal colleges. 3 Two-year institutions. ... Rose State College – Midwest City, Oklahoma; Seminole State College – Seminole, ...

  7. Nyatsimba Mutota - Wikipedia

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    Nyatsimba Mutota (c. 1400 - c. 1450) was a legendary member of the royal family of Great Zimbabwe in the mid-15th century who is credited with founding the Mutapa Empire to its north, over which he reigned as its first king. [1]

  8. List of kingdoms and empires in African history - Wikipedia

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    There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".

  9. Category:16th century - Wikipedia

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    16th century by city (3 C) 16th century by continent (20 C) 16th century by country (136 C, 1 P) A. ... Years of the 16th century (102 C) Pages in category "16th century"