• The Kingdom of Mapungubwe (pronounced /mɑːˈpuːnɡuːbweɪ/ mah-POON-goob-weh) was an ancient state located at the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers...
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    rhinoceros of Mapungubwe is a medieval artifact, made from wood which is covered in thin sheets of gold, from the ancient Kingdom of Mapungubwe, which is...
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    Mapungubwe National Park is a national park in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. It forms part of the UNESCO Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape and the...
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    century Kingdom of Mapungubwe where oral tradition holds King Shiriyadenga as the first king of Venda and Mapungubwe. The Mapungubwe Kingdom stretched...
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  • The Order of Mapungubwe is a South African civilian honour awarded by the President of South Africa. It recognises South African citizens whose achievements...
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    The Mapungubwe Collection, held by the University of Pretoria museums in its Old Arts Building, consists of archaeological materials excavated by the former...
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    which had a population of 10,000. Around 1300, Great Zimbabwe replaced Mapungubwe as the most important trading centre in the interior, exporting gold via...
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    approximately 250 m (820 ft). Its growth has been linked to the decline of Mapungubwe from around 1300, or the greater availability of gold in the hinterland...
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    to the region 2,000 to 1,000 years ago. In the north, the Kingdom of Mapungubwe formed in the 13th century. In 1652, the Dutch established the first European...
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  • archaeological site located in southwestern Zimbabwe, 90km northwest of Mapungubwe. The town flourished between 1055 and 1400. The site was likely chosen...
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  • from the 11th to 13th centuries, being a predecessor to the Kingdom of Mapungubwe. The ruins have survived because much of the complex was built in stone...
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    Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (GMTFCA) is a cultural Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA), formerly known as the Limpopo–Shashe...
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    with modern humans in Africa about 300,000 years ago. The Kingdom of Mapungubwe (c. 1075–c. 1220) was one of the earliest state in the South African region...
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  • Wadai, Mbunda, Luba, Lunda, Kuba, and Utetera in Central Africa; and Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Butua, Rozvi, Maravi, Lozi, Lobedu, Mthwakazi...
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  • Eastern Cape Province. The Kingdom of Mapungubwe was the first state in Southern Africa, with its capital at Mapungubwe. The state arose in the 12th century...
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  • Mapungubwe Mambas is a South African field hockey club. The club was established in 2016, and is one of 6 established to compete in South African Hockey...
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    houses the Mapungubwe Collection in the northern wing of the upper floor, where 166,000 artifacts from the Kingdom of Mapungubwe Mapungubwe excavation...
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    — UNESCO, on the Mapungubwe World Heritage Site The university is the custodian of the collection of artefacts found at the Mapungubwe National Park and...
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    Province U18 Senior career Years Team 2019-present Western Province 2019 Mapungubwe Mambas -2021 Varsity College 2022–2023 Gladbacher HTC 2023-2024 HDM 2024–present...
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    Limpopo House of Traditional Leaders. The world heritage site of the Mapungubwe National Park boasts archaeological finds from the period of a powerful...
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    Zimbabwe and South Africa meet. The confluence is at the site of the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area. The Shashe is a highly ephemeral river...
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  • including: Metropolitan Eastern Cape Award, 2002. The Bronze Order of Mapungubwe, 2002, presented by President Thabo Mbeki. One of the highest South African...
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    David (1 October 2015). Mapungubwe Reconsidered: A Living Legacy: Exploring Beyond the Rise and Decline of the Mapungubwe State. Real African Publishers...
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    jewelry and art. The Golden Rhinoceros of Mapungubwe was discovered on a royal grave at the site of Mapungubwe Hill, and was on display at the British Museum...
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  • the area. A series of trading empires emerged, including the Kingdom of Mapungubwe and Kingdom of Zimbabwe. In the 1880s, the British South Africa Company...
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    forming the earliest Swahili city-states. The Venda-Shona Kingdoms of Mapungubwe and Zimbabwe in South Africa and Zimbabwe, respectively, became a major...
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    David (1 October 2015). Mapungubwe Reconsidered: A Living Legacy: Exploring Beyond the Rise and Decline of the Mapungubwe State. Real African Publishers...
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  • records indicate their early involvement in trade networks centered around Mapungubwe (literally "place of Jackals"), where they engaged with various groups...
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    1300, the Kingdom of Zimbabwe eclipsed Mapungubwe. This Shona state further refined and expanded upon Mapungubwe's stone architecture. From c. 1450 to 1760...
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  • most well known for his identification of the Central Cattle Pattern at Mapungubwe, a pre-colonial state in southern Africa. This, in turn he argued as the...
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