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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:King
gptkb:historical_region
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gptkbp:area
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approximately 129,400 km² (at its height)
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gptkbp:borderedBy
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gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Tio_Kingdom
gptkb:Loango
gptkb:Ndongo
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gptkbp:capital
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gptkb:Mbanza_Kongo
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gptkbp:colonizedBy
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gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:France
gptkb:Portugal
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gptkbp:currency
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nzimbu shells
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gptkbp:dissolved
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European colonial powers
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gptkbp:ethnicGroup
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gptkb:Bakongo
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gptkbp:existedDuring
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c. 1390
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gptkbp:existedUntil
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1914
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gptkbp:exportedTo
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copper
ivory
textiles
slaves
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:Lukeni_lua_Nimi
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gptkbp:governmentType
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gptkb:monarchy
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Kongo Kingdom
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gptkbp:imported
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gptkb:beer
gptkb:clothing
firearms
European goods
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Central_Africa
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gptkbp:modernLocation
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gptkb:Angola
gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkb:Gabon
gptkb:Republic_of_the_Congo
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gptkbp:notableBuilding
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gptkb:Royal_Palace_of_Mbanza_Kongo
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gptkbp:notableRuler
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gptkb:Álvaro_I_of_Kongo
gptkb:Afonso_I_of_Kongo
gptkb:Nzinga_a_Nkuwu
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gptkbp:officialLanguage
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Kikongo
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gptkbp:population
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estimated 500,000 (at its height)
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
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gptkbp:religiousLeader
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mani
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gptkbp:significantEvent
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gptkb:Battle_of_Mbwila_(1665)
Christianization (1491)
Civil wars (17th-19th centuries)
Portuguese contact (1483)
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Belgian_Congo
gptkb:French_Congo
gptkb:Portuguese_Angola
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gptkbp:tributaryOf
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provinces ruled by local nobles
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gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
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gptkb:Mbanza_Kongo,_Vestiges_of_the_Capital_of_the_former_Kingdom_of_Kongo
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Bemba_people
gptkb:Lunda_Kingdom
gptkb:Luba_Empire
gptkb:Bukongo
gptkb:Luba_Kingdom
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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