Look up: Za Dynasty

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   Za Dynasty
   The `Za Dynasty` were rulers of the kingdom of Kukiya in what is today modern Niger. After a century of so, the dynasty converted to Islam under Za Kusoy. He moves the kingdom or at least its political focus west to Gao in modern Mali. There he sets up a small muslim state on the bend of the Niger River, which capitalizes on the growing trans-saharan trade. The kingdom of Gao grew into a small regional power before being conquered by the Mali Emp...
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   Zagwe dynasty
   The `Zagwe dynasty` ruled Ethiopia from the end of the Kingdom of Axum at an uncertain date in the 9th or 10th century to 1270, when Yekuno Amlak defeated and killed the last Zagwe king in battle. The name of the dynasty is thought to come from the Ge'ez phrase `Ze-Agaw`, meaning `of Agaw` and refer to the Agaw people. Its best-known king was Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, who is given credit for the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela. David Buxton has stat...
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   Zagwe Dynasty
   line of 12th- and 13th-century Ethiopian kings who combined a nomadic military life with an impassioned desire to build monuments to their Christian ... [2 related articles]
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   Zand dynasty
   The `Zand dynasty` ruled southern and central Iran (1750–1794).
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   Zand Dynasty
   (1750–79), Iranian dynasty that ruled southern Iran.[3 related articles]
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   Zangid Dynasty
   Muslim Turkish dynasty that was founded by Zang (q.v.) and which ruled northern Iraq (al-Jazrah) and Syria in the period 1127–1222. After Zang`s ... [6 related articles]
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