Polity Luba Empire

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Was a pre-colonial Central African state that arose in the marshy grasslands of the Upemba Depression in what is now the southern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Establishment

  • January 1701: The Luba Empire was founded before the 16th century.

Chronology

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1. Congo Arab war

Was a war fought in Central Africa between the forces of Belgian King Leopold II's Congo Free State and various Zanzibari Arab slave traders.

  • February 1887: Belgish autorities made Tippu Tip governor of eastern Congo (" The borders of his territories were the Aruwimi and the Lualaba River.") to eliminate his secessionist aims. However he considered himself a vassal, de facto secceeding from Congo.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 1886: By 1885 the Congo Free State expanded up to the Congo-Zambezi rivers system.

Disestablishment

  • January 1890: The Luba Empire was later absorbed into the Belgian Congo Free State.