Tributary network · approximate1780 – 1817 · 37 years
Mthethwa Paramountcy
Overview
The Mthethwa Paramountcy, sometimes referred to as the Mtetwa or Mthethwa Empire, was a Southern African state that arose in the 18th century south of Delagoa Bay and inland in eastern southern Africa. "Mthethwa" means "the one who rules".
Wikipedia: Mthethwa Kingdom·CC BY-SA 4.0
Borders & accuracy
A paramount-chiefdom-style polity with tributary peripheries; exact extent is contested.
- SOURCEhand-crafted from scholarly atlases
- DETAILhand-crafted-from-atlases
- SNAPSHOT1810
- POLITY TYPEtributary
Also during this period
No conflict record yet names this polity as a belligerent; these overlap its dates only.
- American Indian Wars1500–1800World-changing · 5.0M dead
- Napoleonic Wars1803–15World-changing · 3.5M dead
- French Revolutionary Wars1792–1802World-changing · 1.5M dead
- World-changing · 1.0M dead
- War of the Sixth Coalition1812–14World-changing · 500K dead
- Túpac Amaru II Rebellion1780–83World-changing · 100K dead
Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 1780 and fits the map to these borders.
Cite as: Mthethwa Paramountcy (1780 – 1817). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/africa-mthethwa-paramountcy · Sources & methodology