HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Question
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The Mwene Mutapa was the ruler of ____
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Great Zimbabwe
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the Kongo kingdom
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Nok
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Benin
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Mwene Matapa, (Shona: “Ravager of the Lands”) also spelled Mwene Mutapa or Monomotapa, title borne by a line of kings ruling a southeast African territory between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers, in what is now Zimbabwe and Mozambique, from the 14th to the 17th century.
Detailed explanation-2: -The state emerged around 1500 under Nyatsimba Mutota, the first mwene (king) who gained control of the surrounding gold producing region and much of the Zambezi River Valley.
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