THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1824–1895

Gaza Empire

Nguni state founded by Soshangane in southern Mozambique after the Mfecane, in its first phase on the lower Limpopo; it defeated the rival Nguni chief Nxaba in 1837. Source: Wikipedia 'Gaza Empire'.

The Gaza state at its height (1860s), dominating southern Mozambique and south-eastern Zimbabwe between the Limpopo and the Zambezi, apart from Portuguese coastal posts (Inhambane, Delagoa Bay); Portugal captured Gungunhana in 1895. Source: Wikipedia 'Gaza Empire'.

See Gaza Empire on the map in 1840

On the map
1824–1895
Capital
Chaimite; Mossurize, later Manjacaze

Rulers named in the sources

African kingdoms and states, 430–1911

Besides the large empires and the colonial powers, Africa had many other states: the Berber kingdoms of late-Roman Mauretania and the Aurès; the Wolof states of Senegambia, the Fula imamates, Kaabu and the Moorish emirates; Kong, the Mossi kingdoms, Dagbon, Denkyira, Akwamu, Dahomey and Benin; the Hausa kingdoms, Nupe, Kebbi, Agadez, Damagaram and Baguirmi; the Ethiopian, Gibe and Somali sultanates and kingdoms, the Shilluk, Kilwa and Pate; Buganda, Bunyoro, Rwanda and Burundi; Loango, Ndongo, Matamba, Kasanje, Kuba, Luba, Lunda and Kazembe; Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Butua and the Rozvi; and Maravi, Gaza, the Nguni and Sotho kingdoms, the Lozi and the Sakalava. Dates and rulers come from cited reference articles. Few pre-colonial African frontiers were ever surveyed or described, and many of these states ruled people and trade routes more than fixed territory.

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