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Lobamba. / 26.41667°S 31.16667°E / -26.41667; 31.16667. Lobamba is a city in Eswatini, and is one of the two capitals (along with Mbabane ), serving as the legislative, traditional, spiritual, seat of government of the Parliament of Eswatini, [6] and Ludzidzini Royal Village, the residence of Queen Ntfombi, the Queen Mother.
Eswatini. Eswatini ( / ˌɛswɑːˈtiːni / ESS-wah-TEE-nee; Swazi: eSwatini [ɛswáˈtʼiːni] ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and also known by its former official name Swaziland ( / ˈswɑːzilænd / SWAH-zee-land) and formerly the Kingdom of Swaziland, [11] [12] is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique ...
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
Patrice Émery Lumumba (/ l ʊ ˈ m ʊ m b ə / ⓘ; 2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961), born Isaïe Tasumbu Tawosa, was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then known as the Republic of the Congo) from June until September 1960, following the May 1960 election.
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history. For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history. For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history.
1803. San Andres y Providencia islands are annexed to the Viceroyalty of New Granada. 1810. 20 July. Cry of Independence, also known as the Florero de Llorente (Llorente Flower Vase) incident ( Colombian Independence Day ) 25 July. José Miguel Pey de Andrade is President of the Supreme Governing Junta. 17 September.
Key figures in their history include Sheikh al Mashayekh (Chief of Chiefs) Nasif al-Nassar ibn al-Waeli, [39] who governed during the Arab caliphate, and Sabib Pasha El-Assaad, [40] who navigated Ottoman conquests. Ali Bek El-Assaad ruled over Belad Bechara, a part of Jabal Amel, while Ali Nassrat Bek served as an Advisor of the Court and held ...
The history of Malawi covers the area of present-day Malawi. The region was once part of the Maravi Empire (Maravi was a kingdom which straddled the current borders of Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, in the 16th century). In colonial times, the territory was ruled by the British, under whose control it was known first as British Central Africa ...