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The Kingdom of Zimbabwe was a Shona state in southern Africa, notable for Great Zimbabwe, a stone city that flourished from about 1100.
The Kingdom of Ndebele was a 19th-century state in present-day Zimbabwe, notable for Mzilikazi's leadership after the Mfecane upheavals.
Interlacustrine Bantu kingdom in southwest Uganda known for its pastoral Hima-Iru social structure and prized long-horned Ankole cattle, absorbed into the Uganda Protectorate in 1901.
The Luba Empire was a pre-colonial Central African state founded in the 16th century in the Katanga region of present-day DR Congo, known for its complex divine kingship system.
Originating in present-day DR Congo in the 15th century, the Lunda Empire was a pre-colonial Central African state that expanded into a vast, wealthy trade confederation.
Founded in the 17th century in present-day DR Congo, the Kuba Kingdom was a highly centralized Central African state renowned for its exceptional raffia textile arts.
Cluster of Bantu chiefdoms on the northern Lake Victoria shore in Uganda, consolidated under British administration in the late 19th century into a formally recognized kingdom.
The Kingdom of Anziku was a historical Central African state north of the Congo River, noted in 16th-century accounts for its powerful military and extensive regional trade networks.
