Kingdom of Kongo Timeline Game
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Put the following events in chronological order.
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Temporal Tangle
Can you place the key events in the correct order?
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Reconstruct the key facts from this lesson.
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About This Challenge
The Kingdom of Kongo was a powerful and influential state in Central Africa during the 15th to 19th centuries. To learn more about this fascinating kingdom and its history, you can play a timeline game that challenges you to place events in their correct chronological order.
- Players can learn about the founding of the Kingdom of Kongo in the early 14th century.
- They can also explore the kingdom’s interactions with European powers, such as Portugal, in the 16th century.
- The game may also cover the kingdom’s decline and eventual disintegration in the late 19th century.
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- c. 1390: Foundation of the Kingdom of Kongo
- 1482: Arrival of Portuguese explorers in Kongo
- 1491: Conversion of King Afonso I to Christianity
- 1492: Establishment of diplomatic relations with Portugal
- late 16th century: Civil war in Kongo
- 16th century: Trade of slaves with Portuguese merchants
- 1665: Civil war ends with the Battle of Mbwila
- late 17th century: Decline of the Kingdom of Kongo
- late 17th century: Invasion by the Jaga people
- late 17th century: Partition of Kongo into smaller states
- early 18th century: Establishment of the Kingdom of Loango
- late 19th century: Rebellion against Portuguese control
- 1885: Kongo becomes a Belgian colony
- 1960: Creation of the Republic of the Congo
- 1960: Independence from Belgium
- 1960s-1970s: Civil war in the Congo
- 1997: End of Mobutu Sese Seko's rule
- 1998-2003: Second Congo War
- 2003: Establishment of a transitional government
- 2006: Election of Joseph Kabila as President