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Mozambique

Mozambique is a country on the coast of south-eastern Africa. The Portuguese established trading posts on its coast from the early sixteenth century and pushed inland along the Zambezi, interacting with and undermining the Mutapa Empire. Mozambique remained a Portuguese colony until independence in 1975 after a long war, one of the last parts of the Portuguese Empire.

Mozambique
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Mutapa EmpireFoundationPortuguese EmpireImpact, DeclineKingdom of PortugalImpact, DeclineMombasaImpactSwazi KingdomFoundation, MilitarySouth African RepublicSocioeconomySultanate of ZanzibarFoundationUnion of South AfricaSocioeconomyTanzaniaMilitarySwahiliSpeakers

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Portuguese MozambiqueMataka Chiefdom

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mozambique. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mozambique
MLA
“Mozambique.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mozambique. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Mozambique.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mozambique.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Mozambique’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mozambique (Accessed: ).

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