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  2. Luba Empire - Wikipedia

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    Luba kings became deities upon their deaths, and the villages from which they ruled were transformed into living shrines devoted to their legacies. The Luba heartland was dotted with these landmarks. Central to Luba regalia for kings and other nobles were mwadi, female incarnations of the ancestral kings. Staffs, headrests, bow stands and royal ...

  3. Pre-colonial history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    The birth of the Lunda Kingdom is traced back to Ilunga Tshibinda who left his brother's Luba Kingdom and married a princess from an area in the south of Katanga. Their son, Mwaant Yav or Mwata Yamvo formed the central Lunda Kingdom there with a population of about 175,000 and became its ruler from 1660 to 1665. His title and name was passed to ...

  4. List of rulers of Luba - Wikipedia

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    Foundation of the Luba kingdom: c. 1585 to c. 1620 [1] Kongolo [1], muLopwe: A powerful warrior who subjugated several local chiefdoms and created the first Luba empire. [2] c. 1620 to c. 1640 [1] Ilunga Kalala [1], muLopwe: Son of Kongolo. [2] He was a great warrior who extended the Luba kingdom.

  5. Comparison of free off-line satellite navigation software

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    Some of the free software mentioned here does not have detailed maps (or maps at all) or the ability to follow streets or type in street names (no geocoding). However, in many cases, it is also that which makes the program free (and sometimes open source [ 1 ] ), avoid the need of an Internet connection, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and make it very ...

  6. Lunda Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Lunda Empire or Kingdom of Lunda was a confederation of states in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, north-eastern Angola, and north-western Zambia. Its central state was in Katanga . Part of a series on the

  7. Kuba Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Kuba Kingdom flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries in the region bordered by the Sankuru, Lulua, and Kasai rivers in the heart of the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Kuba Kingdom was a conglomerate of several smaller Bushong-speaking principalities as well as the Kete, Coofa , Mbeengi , and the Kasai Twa Pygmies .

  8. List of online map services - Wikipedia

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    These maps cover the world, but may have close up details in many areas. Apple. Apple Maps; Esri; Fosm.org; Alphabet. Google Maps; Google Earth; Waze; Here. Here WeGo

  9. List of free geology software - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of free and open-source software for geological data handling and interpretation. The list is split into broad categories, depending on the intended use of the software and its scope of functionality. Notice that 'free and open-source' requires that the source code is available and users are given a free software license.