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ID: 8698215
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698215
Record Type:
administrative
Lunda Empire (former nation/state/empire)
Coordinates:
Lat: 08 20 38 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -8.3442
decimal degrees
Long: 023 17 38 E
degrees minutes
Long: 23.2947
decimal degrees
Note:
Founded by Luba nobleman Mwata Yamvo; capital at Musunda. Expanded westward in the 18th century, including the populations near the Kwango River. Relied heavily on payment of tribute.
Names:
Lunda Empire
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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Africa
(continent) (
P
)
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Lunda Empire
(former nation/state/empire) (
P
)
Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (
preferred
,
C
)
............
17th-19th centuries
kingdom (
H
)
Related geographic places:
historical connection ....
Kazembe
.......... (former nation/state/empire)
........................................
(World, Africa) [8698213]
historical connection ....
Luba-Hemba
.......... (former nation/state/empire)
........................................
(World, Africa) [8698214]
Sources and Contributors:
Lunda Empire..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 26 October 2016
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 26 October 2016
..................
Reefe, Traditions of Genesis (1977)
188
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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Bisson, Trade and Tribute (1982)
344-347
..........
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 26 October 2016
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