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Lakes of Rwanda: Lake Kivu, Lake Muhazi, Mount Nyiragongo, 2008 Lake Kivu Earthquake, Mount Nyamuragira, Ruzizi River, Idjwi, Western Province

Lakes of Rwanda: Lake Kivu, Lake Muhazi, Mount Nyiragongo, 2008 Lake Kivu Earthquake, Mount Nyamuragira, Ruzizi River, Idjwi, Western Province


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Lake Kivu, Lake Muhazi, Mount Nyiragongo, 2008 Lake Kivu Earthquake, Mount Nyamuragira, Ruzizi River, Idjwi, Western Province, Rwanda, Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa, List of Lakes in Rwanda, Lake Rweru, Lake Cohoha. Excerpt: Lake Muhazi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia According to oral history the Kingdom of Rwanda was founded in the 14th or 15th centuries on the shores of Lake Muhazi in the Buganza and Bwanacyambwe regions. At that time it was a small state in a loose confederation with larger and more powerful neighbours, Bugesera and Gisaka. By playing these neighbours against each other, the early kingdom flourished in the area, expanding westwards towards Lake Kivu. In this expanded kingdom, the Buganza region became a powerful religious site, being synonymous with the earliest and most revered mwamis of the kingdom. In the late 16th or early 17th centuries, the kingdom of Rwanda was invaded by the Banyoro and the kings forced to flee westward, leaving the Lake Muhazi area in the hands of Bugesera and Gisaka. The formation in the 17th century of a new Rwandan dynasty by mwami Ruganzu Ndori, followed by eastward invasions, the retaking of Buganza and the conquest of Bugesera, marked the beginning of the Rwandan kingdom's dominance in the area. Lake Muhazi became a border zone between Rwanda and the still independent Gisaka, a situation which remained in place for 200 years, despite several unsuccessful attempts by the Rwandan kings to subdue Gisaka. Eventually, in around 1830, Gisaka was annexed and the eastern borders of the state began to take their present form, with the lake fully under Rwandan control. Under German and Belgian colonial rule the lake became an important eastwest transport route, link... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=26429265


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157866022
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • Sub Title: Lake Kivu, Lake Muhazi, Mount Nyiragongo, 2008 Lake Kivu Earthquake, Mount Nyamuragira, Ruzizi River, Idjwi, Western Province
  • Width: 229 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1157866026
  • Publisher Date: 10 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 77 gr


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