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Rozvi Empire Rozvi | |||||||||||
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1660–1866[1] | |||||||||||
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Status | Kingdom | ||||||||||
Capital | Danangombe | ||||||||||
Common languages | Shona (Karanga) | ||||||||||
Religion | Musikism | ||||||||||
Government | Absolute Monarchy | ||||||||||
Changamire | |||||||||||
• c. 1660 – c. 1695 | Changamire Dombo(first) | ||||||||||
• 1831–1866 | Changamire Tohwechipi | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Rozvi conquest of Butua | 1660 | ||||||||||
• Surrender of Tohwechipi | 1866[1] | ||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
1700[2] | 620,000 km2 (240,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1700[2] | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||
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Ancient history
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White settlement pre-1923
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The Rozvi Empire (1660–1866) was a Shona state established on the Zimbabwean Plateau by Changamire Dombo. The term "Rozvi" refers to their legacy as a warrior nation, taken from the Shona term kurozva, "to plunder". They became the most powerful fighting force in the whole of Zimbabwe.[3]
Zimbabwe continued to grow, reaching the height of its power in 1700, under the rule of the Rozwi people. When the first Europeans arrived on the African coast, they heard tales of a great stone city, the capital of a vast empire. The tales were true, for the Rozwi controlled 240,000 square miles [...] More than one million Africans lived under Rozwi rule.
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