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On 18 January 1867 Félix Rubén García Sarmiento was born to Rosa Sarmiento in Metapa. Better known to us as Rubén Darío, this child went on to become a world renowned poet and literary genius. Four years after Rubén Darío died, the city was named for this famed icon. On 25 February 1920 Matapa became Ciudad Darío.
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By the 15th century CE, the kingdom of Great Zimbabwe (est. c. 1100 CE) was in decline and any links with the lucrative coastal trade of the Swahili coasthad ceased. This may be because gold deposits had run out in the territory controlled by the kingdom. Additional factors may have included overpopulation, overworking of the land, and deforestatio...
The kingdom of Mutapa is sometimes, despite the lack of evidence of an administrative apparatus, flatteringly described as the Mutapa Empire. The kingdom would, however, nominally control territory south of the Zambezi River bend in what is today's northern Zimbabwe and a small slice of southern Zambia. Here in the valley of Mazoe, a tributary of t...
The chiefs or kings of the Shona held the royal title Mwene Mutapa, meaning either 'lord of metals' or 'master pillager' and they were, too, the religious head of the kingdom. They wore or carried as their badge of office a hoe and spear made of gold and ivory. Kings lived in an enclosed compound with separate buildings for the queen and another gr...
Gold, ivory, copper, animal hides, and slaves, acquired from the territories under the control of Mutapa, were exchanged for other goods such as embroidered textiles and glass beads from India at the great trade cities which occupied the coast of East Africa. Especially important to Mutapa was the outpost of Sofala, then controlled by the more nort...
Unlike at the other great southern African kingdom capitals of Mapungubweand Great Zimbabwe, there were no local stone deposits at Mutapa with which to build impressive stone houses and walls. The capital was enclosed by a wooden palisade and buildings made using dried mud and wooden poles. Estimates of the capital's peak population, based on vario...
The Portuguese began to establish a presence and then control of the lucrative Swahili coast trade cites following the voyage of Vasco da Gama in 1498-9 CE when he went around the Cape of Good Hope and up the east coast of Africa. From 1530 CE attempts were made to establish trading markets (feiras) within Mutapa, to interfere in the kingdom's syst...
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Matapa, a Southern African empire ruled by a line of kings known as the Mwene Matapa. Matapa encompassed the territory between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers, in what is now Zimbabwe and Mozambique, from the 14th to the 17th century. It is associated with the historical site known as Great Zimbabwe. Oral traditions ascribe the dynasty’s ...
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In the 16th century the Matapa Empire was invaded by the Portuguese. After first establishing ports on the coast, the foreign traders moved into the interior of the Matapa Empire beginning in the 1530s, acquiring land grants and mining rights from local chiefs along the way. In 1629 a failed attempt to drive out the increasingly invasive ...
Kingdom of Mutapa. Coat of arms granted to the Mwenemutapa in 1569 by the King of Portugal. The Kingdom of Mutapa – sometimes referred to as the Mutapa Empire, Mwenemutapa, ( Shona: Mwene ( or Munhu) we Mutapa, Portuguese: Monomotapa) – was an African kingdom in Zimbabwe, which expanded to what is now modern-day Mozambique.
Aug 21, 2019 · The prince is said to have found salt among a tribe of elephant hunters near the Zambezi River about 300 kilometers to the north. He took control of the region, which included some gold deposits. He took over most of the Zambezi River Valley, establishing the Empire of Mutapa, also known as Monomotapa, and established his capital at Zvongombe.
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Dec 21, 2023 · Where did Matapa come from. Matapa is a traditional dish originating from Mozambique, a country located in Southeast Africa. The history of Matapa is deeply rooted in the local culture and agricultural practices of the region. The dish is named after the main ingredient, Matapa leaves, which are similar to spinach.
