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Southern Africa · Great House
Kingdom
of Mapungubwe
1075
—
1220
145 years
Region
Southern Africa
Modern territory
South Africa
Founded
1075
Dissolved
1220
Duration
145 years
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Archive record
AFR·EMP·0025
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Other empires of Southern Africa
They rose and fell in the same soil.
Great Houses of the Continent
Kingdom of Mapungubwe
AFR·EMP·0025