Kingdom of Zimbabwe

(noun)

A medieval (c. 1220–1450) kingdom located in modern-day Zimbabwe. Its capital, Great Zimbabwe, is the largest stone structure in precolonial Southern Africa.

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  • Great Zimbabwe

    • Great Zimbabwe was the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe (13th–15th c.); it flourished as an international gold and ivory trade center and its architecturally unique ruins remain among the oldest and largest structures in Southern Africa.
    • It was the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe during the country's Late Iron Age.
    • The Kingdom of Zimbabwe, of which Great Zimbabwe was the capital, existed between circa 1220 and 1450 in modern-day Zimbabwe.
    • There, they would establish the Kingdom of Zimbabwe around 1220.
    • In the south, the Kingdom of Butua was established as a smaller but nearly identical version of Zimbabwe.

  • Mugabe and the Republic of Zimbabwe

  • The Bantu Migration

    • The Bantu expansion is the name for a postulated millennia-long series of migrations of speakers of the original proto-Bantu language group.
    • The linguistic core of the Bantu family of languages, a branch of the Niger-Congo language family, was located in the adjoining region of Cameroon and Nigeria.
    • Between the 13th and 15th centuries, the relatively powerful Bantu-speaking states on a scale larger than local chiefdoms began to emerge in the Great Lakes region, in the savanna south of the Central African rainforest, and on the Zambezi river where the Monomatapa kings built the famous Great Zimbabwe complex.
    • By the time Great Zimbabwe had ceased being the capital of a large trading empire, speakers of Bantu languages were present throughout much of Southern Africa.
    • In 1816, Shaka, one of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu Kingdom, acceded to the Zulu throne.

  • Ancient Egyptian Culture

    • The Middle Kingdom was a golden age for ancient Egypt, when arts, religion, and literature flourished.
    • The Middle Kingdom (2134-1690 BCE) was a time of prosperity and stability, as well as a resurgence of art, literature and architecture.
    • In the Middle Kingdom period, due to growth of middle class and scribes, literature began to be written to entertain and provide intellectual stimulation.
    • However, some Middle Kingdom literature may have been transcriptions of the oral literature and poetry of the Old Kingdom.
    • Future generations of Egyptians often considered Middle Kingdom literature to be "classic," with the ultimate example being the Story of Sinuhe.

  • The Legacy of Alexander the Great

    • Four stable power blocks emerged following the death of Alexander the Great: the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, the Seleucid Empire, the Attalid dynasty of the Kingdom of Pergamon, and Macedon.
    • It became the capital of a new kingdom of Pergamon, which Philetaerus founded in 281 BCE, thus beginning the rule of the Attalid dynasty.
    • Two decisive defeats in 197 and 168 BCE resulted in the deposition of the Antigonid dynasty and the dismantling of the kingdom of Macedon.
    • The Kingdom of Macedon at the death of Philip II (336 BCE)
    • The Kingdom of Pergamon (colored olive), shown at its greatest extent in 188 BCE.

  • The Old Kingdom

    • The Old Kingdom is the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods that mark the high points of civilization in the Nile Valley.
    • Thus, the period of the Old Kingdom is often called "The Age of the Pyramids."
    • Egypt's Old Kingdom was also a dynamic period in the development of Egyptian art.
    • The first notable king of the Old Kingdom was Djoser (reigned from 2691-2625 BCE) of the Third Dynasty, who ordered the construction of the step pyramid in Memphis' necropolis, Saqqara.
    • Explain the reasons for the rise and fall of the Old Kingdom

  • The Middle Kingdom

    • The Middle Kingdom was a period of Egyptian history spanning the Eleventh through Twelfth Dynasty (2000-1700 BCE), when centralized power consolidated a unified Egypt.
    • The Middle Kingdom, also known as the Period of Reunification, is a period in the history of Ancient Egypt stretching from the end of the Eleventh Dynasty to the end of the Twelfth Dynasty, roughly between 2000-1700 BCE.
    • Egypt was divided into three warets, or administrative divisions: North, South, and Head of the South (perhaps Lower Egypt, most of Upper Egypt, and the nomes of the original Theban kingdom during the war with Herakleopolis, respectively).
    • The reign of Amenemhat III was the height of Middle Kingdom economic prosperity, and is remarkable for the degree to which Egypt exploited its resources.
    • Describe the various characteristics of Sensuret III's rule during the height of the Middle Kingdom

  • The Fall of the Han and the Three Kingdoms Period

    • China splintered into three kingdoms ruled by warlords; this marks the beginning of the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.
    • These three kingdoms, Wei, Shu, and Wu, battled for control in a long series of wars.
    • This portrait of Dong Zhuo dates from a Qing Dynasty edition of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
    • The Three Kingdoms in 262 CE after the fall of the Han dynasty.
    • Demonstrate the significance of the Battle of the Red Cliffs and the Three Kingdoms Period

  • The Reconquista

    • In a minor battle known as the Battle of Covadonga, a Muslim force sent to put down the Christian rebels in the northern mountains was defeated by Pelagius of Asturias, who established the monarchy of the Christian Kingdom of Asturias.
    • The Kingdom of Asturias became the main base for Christian resistance to Islamic rule in the Iberian Peninsula for several centuries.
    • By 1250, nearly all of Iberia was back under Christian rule with the exception of the Muslim kingdom of Granada - the only independent Muslim realm in Spain that would last until 1492.
    • Although the period of rule by the Visigothic Kingdom (ca. 5th-8th century) saw the brief spread of Arianism, Catholic religion coalesced in Spain at the time.
    • By 1250, nearly all of Iberia was back under Christian rule with the exception of the Muslim kingdom of Granada - the only independent Muslim realm in Spain that would last until 1492.

  • The Kingdoms of Madagascar

    • These monarchs adopted the cultural traditions of subjects in their territories and expanded their kingdoms.
    • At about that time, the empire started to split, resulting in a southern kingdom (Menabe) and a northern kingdom (Boina).
    • The fractured Betsimisaraka kingdom was easily colonized in 1817 by Radama I, king of Merina.
    • The Merina kingdom reached the peak of its power in the early 19th century.
    • Identify some of the kingdoms that ruled on Madagascar before the arrival of Europeans