Rozvi Empire

Rozvi Empire
*Rozvi*
Rozvi Empire Rozvi
1490-?; 17th century-1866
	Map showing the extent of the Rozvi empire and its center around Butwa
Status	Kingdom
Capital	Danangombe
Common languages	Shona (Karanga)
Religion	Musikism
Government	Absolute Monarchy
Changamire
• 1490-1494	Changamire I
• 1831–1866	Changamire Tohwechipi
History
• Changamire's coup of Mutapa	1490
• Rozvi conquest of Butua	1683
• Surrender of Tohwechipi	1866
Area
1700[dubious – discuss]	620,000 km2 (240,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1700	1,000,000
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Kingdom of Butua
	Mutapa Empire
Mthwakazi

The Rozvi Empire (1490–?, 17th century–1866) was a Shona state established on the Zimbabwean Plateau. The term "Rozvi" refers to their legacy as a warrior nation, taken from the Shona term kurozva, "to plunder". They became the most powerful fighting force in the whole of Zimbabwe.^[3]

^ Innocent Pikirayi et Joseph O. Vogel, The Zimbabwe Culture: Origins and Decline of Southern Zambezian States, Rowman & Littlefield - Altamira Press, 2001
^ ^a ^b Cornell, James (1978). Lost Lands and Forgotten People. Sterling Publishing Company. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-8069-3926-1. Zimbabwe continued to grow, reaching the height of its power in 1700, under the rule of the Rozwi people. When the first Europeans arrived on the African coast, they heard tales of a great stone city, the capital of a vast empire. The tales were true, for the Rozwi controlled 240,000 square miles [...] More than one million Africans lived under Rozwi rule.
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[1] Innocent Pikirayi et Joseph O. Vogel, The Zimbabwe Culture: Origins and Decline of Southern Zambezian States, Rowman & Littlefield - Altamira Press, 2001

[Cornell-2] Cornell, James (1978). Lost Lands and Forgotten People. Sterling Publishing Company. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-8069-3926-1. Zimbabwe continued to grow, reaching the height of its power in 1700, under the rule of the Rozwi people. When the first Europeans arrived on the African coast, they heard tales of a great stone city, the capital of a vast empire. The tales were true, for the Rozwi controlled 240,000 square miles [...] More than one million Africans lived under Rozwi rule.

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