Rozvi Empire

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Rozvi Empire Rozvi
1660–1866[1]
Map showing the extent of the Rozvi empire and its center around Butwa
Status	Kingdom
Capital	Danangombe
Common languages	Shona (Karanga)
Religion	Musikism
Government	Absolute Monarchy
Changamire
• c. 1660 – c. 1695	Changamire Dombo(first)
• 1831–1866	Changamire Tohwechipi
History
• Rozvi conquest of Butua	1660
• Surrender of Tohwechipi	1866[1]
Area
1700[2]	620,000 km2 (240,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1700[2]	1,000,000
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Butua Mutapa Empire Mthwakazi

Part of a series on the
History of Zimbabwe
Ancient history Leopard's Kopje c. 650 – c. 1075 Mapungubwe Kingdom c. 1220 – c. 1300 Zimbabwe Kingdom c. 1300 – c. 1450 Mutapa Kingdom c. 1430–1760 Butua Kingdom c. 1450–1683
White settlement pre-1923 Rozvi Empire c. 1660–1866 Mthwakazi 1840–1893 Rudd Concession 1888 BSA Company rule 1890–1923 First Matabele War 1893–1894 Second Matabele War 1896–1897 World War I involvement 1914–1918 Colony of Southern Rhodesia 1923–1965 World War II involvement 1939–1945 Malayan Emergency involvement 1948–1960 Federation with Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1953–1963 Rhodesian Bush War 1964–1979 Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) 1965 Rhodesia 1965–1979 Zimbabwe-Rhodesia June–December 1979 Lancaster House Agreement December 1979 British Dependency 1979–1980 Zimbabwe 1980–present Gukurahundi 1982–1987 Second Congo War 1998–2003 Coup d'état 2017
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The Rozvi Empire (1660–1866) was a Shona state established on the Zimbabwean Plateau by Changamire Dombo. The term "Rozvi" refers to their legacy as a warrior nation, taken from the Shona term kurozva, "to plunder". They became the most powerful fighting force in the whole of Zimbabwe.^[3]