• The Kingdom of Mapungubwe (Maphungubgwe, pronounced "mah-POON-goob-weh"; c. 1075 – c. 1220) was a medieval state in South Africa located at the confluence...
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    rhinoceros of Mapungubwe is a medieval artifact, made from wood which is covered in thin sheets of gold, from the medieval Kingdom of Mapungubwe, which is...
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    Southern Africa. This kingdom came about after the collapse of the Kingdom of Mapungubwe. The name "Zimbabwe" is Shona for "great house of stone", from the...
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    precolonial Southern Africa. This kingdom came after the collapse of the Kingdom of Mapungubwe. During the decline of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe, two powers emerged...
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    capital of the Kingdom of Mapungubwe, as well as the wildlife and riverine forests along the Limpopo River. The Mapungubwe Hill was the site of a community...
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    of the Venda starts from the Kingdom of Mapungubwe (9th Century) where King Shiriyadenga was the first king of Venda and Mapungubwe. The Mapungubwe Kingdom...
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    The Mapungubwe Collection, held by the University of Pretoria museums in its Old Arts Building, consists of archaeological materials excavated by the...
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    The Kingdom of Mutapa – sometimes referred to as the Mutapa Empire, Mwenemutapa, (Shona: Mwene ( or Munhu) we Mutapa, Portuguese: Monomotapa) – was an...
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    The Zulu Kingdom (/ˈzuːluː/ ZOO-loo, Zulu: KwaZulu), sometimes referred to as the Zulu Empire or the Kingdom of Zululand, was a monarchy in Southern Africa...
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    the area and relocated to Mapungubwe Hill. The kingdom taxed other rulers throughout the region. The kingdom was composed of over 150 tributaries headquartered...
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