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The Rise and Fall of the Munhumutapa Empire
In Episode 202, Lucas and Luna follow the trail from Great Zimbabwe's decline to the rise of the Munhumutapa Empire, a Shona kingdom that dominated southern Africa from the 15th to the 17th centuries. They trace the reign of Nyatsimba Mutota, the founding ruler who left the stone city to seek new salt and elephant herds, and his successor Matope, whose military campaigns expanded the empire to its greatest extent. The episode examines the empire's trade networks, which connected the interior to the Swahili coast and the Indian Ocean world, and the arrival of the Portuguese, who…
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