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The Mutapa Empire
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Works Cited
Textbook (World History)
http://www.blackpast.org/gah/monomutapa-ca-1450-1917-ad
http://anthropology.msu.edu/anp264-ss13/2013/04/24/kingdom-of-mutapa/
Legacy
The Empire Declines
- When the Arab traders came from the sea they picked wife's out of the Mwenes.
- The descendants of this are know Swahili.
- The descendants are recognized by there language.
- The lauguage they speak is called Bantu.
- The decline of the Mutapa occured around the year 1629.
- After Mutota's death, civil war among the Mwenes broke out over a fight for the crown. The civil war caused so much damage to the Mutapan society it dissolved.
- The Mutapa was held by the "Rozwi" tribe in the 1600s, but were overthrown later by the Portugese.
Language
The Mwenes spoke in two main languages, Kalgana and Shona, which both are still spoken today in some parts of southeastern Africa.
The Kingdom of Mutapa
1420-1917 AD
work cited
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mutapa_Empire
(The Shona Alphabet)
Impacts
Christians believe that Monomutapa held the mines for King Solomon's legendary mines.
The Mutapa Empire was founded around the year 1420 by a Great Zimbabwean man named Nyatsimba Mutota in his search of a new source of salt. He settled in a fertile valley near the city of Sofala and then controlled the conquered Shona people to mine for gold in the nearby rivers and streams.
Mutapan Religion
The Mwenes believed in Mwari, which was their only God. They believed Mwari created all natural things. During ceremonies they wore a special "yaka mask".
The Span of the Mutapa Empire
The Mutapa and Surrounding Kingdoms
The Mutapa Empire was fairly small compared to many of history's famous empires like the British or the Mongolian empires. The kingdom was located in the southeastern part of Africa in present day countries such as Zimbabwe, and stretched to Mozambique, Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland.
Origins
Trade
- Around the year of 1425, the king of Shona, Mutota, set out on a journey in the region between the Zambezi River and the Limpopo River, and on to the coast of Mozambique.
- Journey was finished by Matope, his son.
- 1480- Matope died; causing power struggles.
The Mutapa Empire also stimulated the trade in gold, salt, copper, silver, and ivory.