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c. 1400 - c. 1700The Kingdom of Kongo flourishes in west-central Africa.
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c. 1482Portuguese traders first arrive in the Kingdom of Kongo.
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1491Christian missionaries first arrive in the Kingdom of Kongo.
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1506 - 1543Reign of Affonso I in the Kingdom of Kongo.
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c. 1568Jaga warriors attack the Kingdom of Kongo.
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1665The Kingdom of Kongo suffers a heavy defeat at the hands of their Angolan neighbours at the Battle of Mbwila.
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1678Sao Salvador, the capital of the Kingdom of Kongo, is sacked and abandoned following civil war.
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1710The Kingdom of Kongo ceases to exist as a fully independent state.