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The beginning of the sixteenth century brought the arrival of the Portuguese, who invested in the Rhodesian Plateau by the Zambezi Valley. In 1684, the Torwa dynasty was overthrown by the Changamire clan, which founded the Rozwi Empire. In 1690, the Portuguese were expelled by Monomatapa troops, but the domain of the old empire was now limited to the Zambezi Valley. In 1840, a Ndebele military state was founded. It was led by Mzilikazi of the Zulu Xumalo clan on the ruins of the Rozwi Empire. In 1854, explorer David Livingstone arrived at Victoria Falls. Then in 1870–1880, the Shona and Ndebele territories were explored by Europeans, including Frederick Selous and Thomas Baines.
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Riccardi, L., Riccardi, G. (2021). Zimbabwe. In: China in Africa. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1148-3_7
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