Kongo Kingdom (1 janv. 1390 – 1 janv. 1862)

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Prior to the Portuguese arrival, Kongo was developed with a large commercial network. The kingdom melted copper and gold and traded it with products such as raffia cloth and pottery. The kingdom was a superpower and center of trade routes for ivory, copper, raffia cloth, and pottery. They traded few slaves. Then... Portuguese... then following the development of a successful sugar-growing colony on the island of Sao Tome, the Kingdom of Kongo became a major source of slaves for the island's traders.


From c. 1390 to 1862 it was an independent state. From 1862 to 1914 it functioned intermittently as a vassal state of the Kingdom of Portugal. In 1914, following the Portuguese suppression of a Kongo revolt, Portugal abolished the titular monarchy.

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