Tributary network · approximate1585 – 1889 · 304 years
Luba Empire
Overview
The Luba Empire or Kingdom of Luba was a pre-colonial Central African state that arose in the marshy grasslands of the Upemba Depression in what is now southern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Wikipedia: Luba Empire·CC BY-SA 4.0
Borders & accuracy
Tributary network
A paramount-chiefdom-style polity with tributary peripheries; exact extent is contested.
- SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
- DETAILhistorical-basemaps
- SNAPSHOT1700
- MATCHEDluba
- POLITY TYPEtributary
Luba Empire Katanga
Also during this period
No conflict record yet names this polity as a belligerent; these overlap its dates only.
- Taiping Rebellion1850–64World-changing · 30M dead
- Thirty Years' War1618–48World-changing · 8.0M dead
- Portuguese Conquest of Brazil1500–1750World-changing · 5.0M dead
- American Indian Wars1500–1800World-changing · 5.0M dead
- Qing Conquest of Ming China1618–83World-changing · 5.0M dead
- French Wars of Religion1562–98World-changing · 4.0M dead
Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 1585 and fits the map to these borders.
Cite as: Luba Empire (1585 – 1889). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/luba-kingdom · Sources & methodology