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The Zulu Kingdom, sometimes referred to as the Zulu Empire, was a monarchy in Southern Africa. During the 1810s, Shaka established a standing army that consolidated rival clans and built a large following which ruled a wide expanse of Southern Africa that extended along the coast of the Indian Ocean from the Tugela River in the south to the Pongola River in the north, centred on the present KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

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Capital
kwaBulawayo (later uMgungundlovu, then Ulundi) 1
Start Year
1816 1
End Year
1897 1
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1. Zulu Kingdom (Wikipedia)
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During the 1810s, Shaka established a standing army that consolidated rival clans and built a large following
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1816
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1897
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kwaBulawayo; uMgungundlovu; Ulundi
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