Flashcard sets with a 'shaka' term meaning 'a talented zulu leader that revolutionized african warfare; he managed to create "the largest and most powerful african society in southern africa in the nineteenth century. drafted by age groups until they were forty years old, and placed in highly disciplined regiments, shaka's warriors perfected the use of a new short, stabbing spear in deadly hand-to-hand combat. shaka's warriors often destroyed their african enemies completely, sowing chaos and sending refugees fleeing in all directions. shaka's wars also led to the consolidation of the zulu, swahili, and sotho peoples into stronger states in southern africa. by 1880 these states were largely subdued by dutch and british invaders, but only after many hard-fought frontier wars. (792)'

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1-1 of 1Flashcard sets with a 'shaka' term meaning 'a talented zulu leader that revolutionized african warfare; he managed to create "the largest and most powerful african society in southern africa in the nineteenth century. drafted by age groups until they were forty years old, and placed in highly disciplined regiments, shaka's warriors perfected the use of a new short, stabbing spear in deadly hand-to-hand combat. shaka's warriors often destroyed their african enemies completely, sowing chaos and sending refugees fleeing in all directions. shaka's wars also led to the consolidation of the zulu, swahili, and sotho peoples into stronger states in southern africa. by 1880 these states were largely subdued by dutch and british invaders, but only after many hard-fought frontier wars. (792)'
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1	Unit IV History: Peopleby eholiday	13 terms	November 4, 2009

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