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Mutota's successor, Matope, extended this new kingdom into a great empire encompassing most of the lands between Tavara and the Indian Ocean. The Mwenemutapa became very wealthy by exploiting copper from Chidzurgwe and ivory from the middle Zambezi.
Oral traditions ascribe the dynasty’s foundation to Mbire, a semimythical ruler of the 14th century. His great-great-grandson Nyatsimba, who ruled in the late 15th century, was the actual creator of the empire and the first to bear the title Mwene Matapa.
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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 African kingdom in Zimbabwe, which expanded to what is now modern-day Mozambique. A sixteenth-century Portuguese map of Monomotapa lying in the interior of southern Africa.
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Metapa (Ancient Greek: ἡ Μέταπα) was a town in ancient Aetolia, situated on the northern shore of Lake Trichonis, at the entrance of a narrow defile, and 59stadia from Thermum. It was burnt by Philip V of Macedon, on his invasion of Aetolia, in 218 BCE, as he returned from the capture of Thermum.
Why was Alexander the Great called “the Great”? When Alexander died at the age of 32, he ruled a territory that spanned three continents and covered nearly 2 million square miles. He was the king of his native Macedonia, ruler of the Greeks, the king of Persia and even an Egyptian pharaoh.
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- Why was Alexander the Great called “the Great”?When Alexander died at the age of 32, he ruled a territory that spanned three continents and covered nearly 2 million square miles. He was the king...
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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.
Oct 19, 2023 · Vocabulary. Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander III or Alexander of Macedonia is known as one of the greatest generals in all history. Alexander was born in 356 B.C.E. in Pella, Macedonia, to King Philip II. As a young boy, Alexander was taught to read, write, and play the lyre. He developed a life-long love of reading and music.
