MozambiqueandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
3 SHARED EVENTSZimbabwe

Entangled histories

3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · MOZ LEFT · ZWE RIGHT

1. 14th–15th century

   Kilwa controls the Sofala gold trade

   The sultanate of Kilwa dominates the export of interior gold through Sofala, drawing wealth from the Zimbabwe and Mutapa goldfields into the wider Islamic world.

   Economy & Trade · from the Mozambique chronicle · The Swahili Coast and the Gold of Sofala · REFS 2 — Sofala, Sofala

2. c. 15th century

   Rise of the Mutapa empire

   The Mutapa (Mwenemutapa) empire emerged toward the Zambezi, inheriting Great Zimbabwe's gold trade and ruling much of the northern plateau and parts of present-day Mozambique.

   Formation · from the Zimbabwe chronicle · Mutapa, Torwa and Rozvi · REFS 3 — Zimbabwe: History, Mutapa Empire, Torwa: historical state, Africa

3. c. 1966–1979

   The liberation war (Second Chimurenga)

   Guerrilla forces of ZANU (ZANLA) and ZAPU (ZIPRA), based in Mozambique and Zambia, waged an escalating war against the Rhodesian state through the 1970s.

   War & Rupture · from the Zimbabwe chronicle · White rule, UDI and the liberation war · REFS 3 — Rhodesian Bush War (Second Chimurenga), Zimbabwe: History, Robert Mugabe