Kingdom of Mutapa. The kingdom of Mutapa was a state that existed in Africa. It was made of parts of modern-day Zimbabwe, and the middle part of Mozambique. Probably it was most successful in the 13th to the 15th century. The Portugese were th e first to come to the southern parts of Africa. When they did, the kingdom had alreadysplit into ...
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plateau. They were responsible for the creation of the powerful pre-colonial states of Great Zimbabwe, Torwa, Mutapa, and Rozwi (Beach, 1980). The Shona were a community of crop farmers and animal herders. ... peddled to mine settlements thereafter, was mainly for the production of beer (National Archives of Zimbabwe File No. N9/1/14 Annual ...
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The Mutapa state is of especial interest because it is the only one of four known major Shona states—Zimbabwe, Torwa, Mutapa, and Changamire—to escape being uprooted entirely by new settlements of people, and the only one that was close to Portuguese centers (in which information was recorded). ... Type Research Article. …
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This paper evaluates the impact of regional and interregional trade to the economies of pre-colonial Zimbabwean societies particularly Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, …
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Zimbabwe's state sovereign wealth fund has now acquired all of state mining company Kuvimba Mining House Ltd., in a bid to end speculation about its ownership. Under 'new' ownership — Shamva Gold Mine, one of the extensive portfolio of assets under Kuvimba Mining House, now fall under the ownership of Mutapa …
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At this point in Mutapa's history, the Butwa, another Shona nation, attacked Mutapa and the Portuguese, and the first Mutapa state was relegated to that of a vassal and ended in 1698. It briefly ...
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The Kingdom of Mutapa (Shona: Wene we Mutapa; Portuguese: Monomotapa) or the Mutapa Empire was a medieval kingdom (c. 1450-1629) which stretched between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers of …
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Mutapa Mining | 1,478 followers on LinkedIn. Mutapa Mining & Exploration is a junior exploration company with a multidisciplinary team of technical professionals who have wide Ranging experiences ...
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Mutapa Mining & Exploration Services aims to pick up projects at the early/middle stages and develop the projects using international standards into bankable projects. Mutapa Mining & Exploration is a junior exploration company with a multidisciplinary team of technical professionals who have wide ranging experiences from precious metal through ...
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The wars and infighting that bedeviled the Mutapa state after the arrival of the Portuguese weakened the state. The Mutapa dynasties fractured into autonomous states, many of which later formed the Rozvi Empire. The Mutapa palace were taken over by the Rozvi whose Changamire (king) extended his control over the mining areas.
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Mining, smelting and increased farming and trading resulted in a growing social complexity that resulted in an increasingly hierarchical and wealthier society which resulted in a new …
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Interestingly, a number of local historians (e.g. Chanaiwa 1972; Mudenge 1988) have observed a different role for exotic goods and external long-distance trade in the emergence of socio-political complexity and early states in southern Africa.Within the context of the Mutapa state (AD 1450–1900), Chanaiwa argues that kings neither …
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The Mutapa state occupied a triangle of land between the Zambezi river in the north, the Hunyani river and Umvukwe range on the southwest, and the Mazoe and Ruenya rivers on the southeast.1 It thus consisted of a small segment of the south- ern Zambezian plateau and an arc of the Zambezi valley lowlands. The state dated back to at least the ...
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The cultural, political and military decline of the Mutapa state had probably begun from the 1590's exacerbated by increasingly frequent civil wars and the Maravi invasions. The Maravi succeeded in reaching the goldfields of the upper Ruya river and by 1601 were close to the Mutapa's capital. Although they were eventually pushed back, the ...
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The most powerful local player was the Mutapa state, while the mercantilism-fuelled Portuguese were the dominant foreign players. These foils were brought together by the lucrative Indian Ocean ...
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Most historians agree that the Mutapa state was an off-shoot of the Great Zimbabwe State. The decline of Great Zimbabwe led to the rise of the Mutapa State. According to Oral tradition Chibatamatosi Nyatsimba Mutota's father sent Nyakatondo the messenger to the area north of Great Zimbabwe to look for salt deposits.
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Mining. The Mutapa people mined gold, iron and copper. Gold was used to trade with foreign traders for goods. Iron was used to make iron tools such as hoes and …
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Mutapa Mining and Processing (MMP), a consortium of Mozambicans and British that has for 18 months been operating three mines in the district of Manica, in the province of the same name, intends from this February to process and export between 35 and 40 kilograms of gold monthly. The projection is the result of prospecting carried out …
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The Portuguese invaded the Mutapa Kingdom in the 17th Century and deposed the Mutapa King in 1629. This paved the way for the rise of the Rozvi Kingdom, the successor of the Mutapa Kingdom. Ultimately, the Mutapa empire represents Africa's proud heritage, serving as inspiration during Zimbabwe's liberation struggle.
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Long-distance trade and mining were mostly seasonal activities, the gold dust obtained through panning and digging shallow mines was traded at various …
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The Mwene-Mutapa empire was named after its leader, the Mwene-Mutapa, and the name means "Lord of the Realm" or "Owner of the Mines". Mwene means "Lord" or "Owner", and Mutapa means " Realm" or "Mines". The Mwene Mutapa empire existed from about 900CE to 1902CE (CE = Common Era), and was about 1002 years old.
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MUTAPA State is regarded as a conquest state. There was a conquering army under Mutota in the Dande Valley. It is argued that the state was an offshoot of Great Zimbabwe state but however, authors point out that the relationship between Mutapa and Great Zimbabwe state was obscure or not clear. Little is known on how Mutapa state …
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Mutapa Mining and Processing (MMP), a consortium of Mozambicans and British that has for 18 months been operating three mines in the district of Manica, in the province of the same name, intends from this February to process and export between 35 and 40 kilograms of gold monthly. The projection is the result of prospecting carried out …
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[Show full abstract] Mutapa state, while the mercantilism-fuelled Portuguese were the dominant foreign players. These foils were brought together by the lucrative Indian Ocean trade network.
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The pottery of the historical Mutapa State: an examination of the local ceramics from some trading centres in northern Zimbabwe @inproceedings{Pikirayi1997ThePO, title={The pottery of the historical Mutapa State: an examination of the local ceramics from some trading centres in northern Zimbabwe}, author={Innocent Pikirayi}, year={1997}, url ...
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The Portuguese and the Mutapa traded beads, cloth, cattle, ivory, gold and so forth. In addition, the Portuguese had to pay tribute and taxes to the King. After Portuguese missionary, Goncalo Silveira was …
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The most powerful local player was the Mutapa state, while the mercantilism-fuelled Portuguese were the dominant foreign players. These foils were brought together …
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The Mutapa State - L'empire du Monomotapa du XVe au XIXe siècle. By W. G. L. Randles. Paris: Mouton et École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 1975 (Civilisations et Sociétés 46). Pp. 167, illus., map. 48 F. - Volume 17 Issue 2 ... Type Book Review. Information The Journal of African History, Volume 17, Issue 2, April 1976, pp ...
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The primary Portuguese objective was to gain mining and political concessions in the state and they wished to control the Mutapa kings as Portuguese vassals (Theal, 1964). How did the Portuguese contribute to the decline of the Mutapa state? The Portuguese & Decline Around 1633 CE the Portuguese chose a more …
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The rise of the famous Mutapa kingdom. It is interesting to delve into the major contributors of the the birth of one of the most famous kingdoms in Zimbabwe. Mineral wealth, available grazing land, abundant land for crop cultivation, salt deposits and favourable climate proves beyond doubt the birth of Mutapa state.
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Recent archaeometallurgical analyses of iron production remains and copper based artefacts from Mutapa and related AfroPortuguese archaeological sites has thrown up …
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Mutapa Mining and Processing (MMP), a consortium of Mozambicans and British that has for 18 months been operating three mines in the district of Manica, in the province of the same name, intends from this February to process and export between 35 and 40 kilograms of gold monthly. The projection is the result of prospecting carried out …
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Zimbabwe's Mutapa Investment Fund has acquired full control of Kuvimba Mining House, unifying the nation's valuable mining assets under state ownership. This strategic move aims to increase transparency and attract local and international investment in the mining sector, driving economic growth and development in Zimbabwe. BNN …
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The Kingdom of Mutapa – sometimes referred to as the Mutapa Empire, Mwenemutapa, (Shona: Mwene (or Munhu) we Mutapa, Portuguese: Monomotapa) – was an African kingdom in Zimbabwe, which expanded to what is now modern-day Mozambique.The Portuguese term Monomotapa is a transliteration of the Shona royal title Mwenemutapa …
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Also spelled: Mwene Mutapa or Monomotapa. Mwene Matapa, title borne by a line of kings ruling a southeast African territory between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers, in what is now Zimbabwe and Mozambique, from the 14th to the 17th century. Their domain was often called the empire of the Mwene Matapa, or simply Matapa (or Mutapa), and is ...
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