Ntusi and Bigo culture

Ntusi and Bigo culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Great Lakes (Central and Southern Africa) from c. 1000 to 1500 CE, a span of 500 years. Its people spoke Bantu languages (Kongo, Shona, Zulu, Swahili, Luba, Ganda).

Large settlements at Ntusi and the earthworks of Bigo bya Mugenyi in western Uganda point to a cattle-based chiefdom, which oral tradition links to the semi-legendary Chwezi rulers of Kitara.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1000 to 1500 CE

Duration

500 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Great Lakes, Central and Southern Africa

Language family

Bantu

Events in Central and Southern Africa during its time

• 1331 Ibn Battuta visits Kilwa
• 1350 Great Enclosure built at Great Zimbabwe
• 1483 Diogo Cão reaches the Congo River
• 1491 Kongo's king is baptised
• 1498 Vasco da Gama on the Swahili coast

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
• Kingdom of Buganda c. 1300 to 1966 CE
• Kilwa Sultanate c. 957 to 1513 CE
• Bunyoro-Kitara c. 1400 to 1899 CE
• Mutapa Empire c. 1430 to 1760 CE
• Kingdom of Butua c. 1450 to 1683 CE
• Kingdom of Ndongo c. 1500 to 1671 CE
• Kingdom of Mapungubwe c. 1075 to 1220 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
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE, Southeast Asia
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East

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