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Bookmark or Share- Kingdom of Mapungubwe - WikipediaThe Kingdom of Mapungubwe (pronounced / m ɑː ˈ p uː n ɡ uː b w eɪ / mah-POON-goob-weh) was an ancient [a] state located at the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers in South Africa, south of Great Zimbabwe.The capital's population was 5000 by 1250, and the state likely covered 30,000 km² (11,500 square miles). [6] [1]: 50 The kingdom exhibited sacral kingship closely associated ...
- Mapungubwe National Park – SANParksHome to a powerful tribe that flourished on trading with Eastern cultures such as China and India, Mapungubwe saw the rise and fall of this great civilisation more than 700 years ago. This is the place where archaeologists excavated the famous golden rhino and other evidence of a wealthy African kingdom.
- Mapungubwe - World History EncyclopediaMapungubwe, located in the very north of South Africa just below the Limpopo River, was an Iron Age settlement and kingdom which flourished between the 11th and 13th century CE. It was perhaps southern Africa's first state.
- Mapungubwe (ca. 1050–1270) - The Metropolitan Museum of ArtMapungubwe is the earliest known site in southern Africa where the leaders were spatially separated from their followers, reflecting the evolution of a class-based society.
- Kingdom of Mapungubwe, the first state in Southern Africa [12th Century ...The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning ‘hill of the jackal’) is an Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, 75 km from Messina. It sits close to the point where the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers meet.
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