The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... centuries . Then it gradually began to decline . The Portuguese records of the early sixteenth century speak of the great Karanga kingdom of Monomotapa which centred in Zimbabwe , but show that it was already falling to pieces owing to ...
... centuries . Then it gradually began to decline . The Portuguese records of the early sixteenth century speak of the great Karanga kingdom of Monomotapa which centred in Zimbabwe , but show that it was already falling to pieces owing to ...
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... century , their numbers were greatly increased and an impetus given to their movement southward . This was due to the irruption from the far distant north - west into the valley of the Lower Zambesi of devastating hordes known as the ...
... century , their numbers were greatly increased and an impetus given to their movement southward . This was due to the irruption from the far distant north - west into the valley of the Lower Zambesi of devastating hordes known as the ...
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... century , the Arab conquests completely blocked out Europeans from eastern waters , even South Arabia became utterly remote to western peoples . In this period , from the second century to the seventh , and all through the early Middle ...
... century , the Arab conquests completely blocked out Europeans from eastern waters , even South Arabia became utterly remote to western peoples . In this period , from the second century to the seventh , and all through the early Middle ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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