Kingdom of Nkore (Ankole)

Kingdom of Nkore (Ankole) was a state in Great Lakes (Central and Southern Africa) that lasted from c. 1450 to 1967 CE, about 517 years. Its people spoke Bantu languages (Kongo, Shona, Zulu, Swahili, Luba, Ganda).

A pastoral kingdom of south-western Uganda ruled by the Hinda dynasty, with a Hima cattle-keeping elite over Iru farmers. Uganda abolished it with the other kingdoms in 1967.

See Kingdom of Nkore (Ankole) on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 1450 to 1967 CE

Duration

517 years

Type

State

Region

Great Lakes, Central and Southern Africa

Language family

Bantu

Events in Central and Southern Africa during its time

• 1483 Diogo Cão reaches the Congo River
• 1491 Kongo's king is baptised
• 1498 Vasco da Gama on the Swahili coast
• 1505 Portuguese sack Kilwa and Mombasa
• 1652 Founding of Cape Town
• 1665 Battle of Mbwila
• 1698 Omanis take Fort Jesus
• 1816 Shaka becomes Zulu king

Neighbours in Central and Southern Africa

• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE
• Kingdom of Zimbabwe c. 1220 to 1450 CE
• Zulu Kingdom 1816 to 1897 CE
• Republic of South Africa (apartheid era) 1961 to 1994 CE
• Congo Free State 1885 to 1908 CE
• Kingdom of Buganda c. 1300 to 1966 CE
• Kilwa Sultanate c. 957 to 1513 CE
• Bunyoro-Kitara c. 1400 to 1899 CE
• Portuguese Mozambique 1505 to 1975 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Mali Empire c. 1235 to 1670 CE, North and West Africa
• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE, Southeast Asia

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