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Mapungubwe

Southern Africa's first known kingdom, on the Limpopo, famed for its gold-foil rhinoceros and hilltop elite.

Dated events and their evidence

• 900 CE mainstream
  earlier settlement at nearby Schroda begins source
• 1220 CE mainstream
  kingdom of Mapungubwe flourishes; class-divided hilltop capital source
• 1300 CE mainstream
  decline and abandonment; power shifts toward Great Zimbabwe source

Where

22.1925° S, 29.2389° E

Sources

• https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111224
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapungubwe

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