Editorial Reviews - 15th Century by Continent From the Publisher Chapters: 15th Century in Africa, 15th Century in Asia, 15th Century in Europe, 15th Century in North America, Bartolomeu Dias, Diogo Cão, Kingdom of Kongo, Catalonian Civil War, Italian Wars, Kingdom of Mutapa, Papal Conclave, 1458, Papal Conclave, 1464, Valais Witch Trials, Papal Conclave, 1431, Adal Sultanate, Battle of Ceuta, Diogo de Azambuja, João Fernandes, Navarrese Civil War, Fernão Do Pó, 15th Century in North American History, António Fernandes, St. Elizabeth's Flood, Sarawan Country, Nuno Tristão, 15th Century in South Africa, Battle of Gomit, Pêro de Alenquer, Eustache de La Fosse, Lopes Gonçalves. Excerpt: (now usually rendered as "Kingdom of Kongo" to maintain distinction from the present-day Kongo nations) The Kingdom of Kongo (1400 1914) (Kongo: Kongo dya Ntotila or Wene wa Kongo) was an African kingdom located in west central Africa in what are now northern Angola, Cabinda, the Republic of the Congo, and the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At its greatest extent, it reached from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Kwango River in the east, and from the Congo River in the north to the Kwanza River in the south. The kingdom consisted of several core provinces ruled by the Manikongo, the Portuguese version of the Kongo title 'Mwene Kongo', meaning lord or ruler of the Kongo kingdom, but its sphere of influence extended to neighbouring kingdoms, such as Ngoyo, Kakongo, Ndongo and Matamba. The Bundu dia Kongo sect favors reviving the kingdom through secession from Angola, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon. Oral traditions about the early history of the country were set in writing for the first time in the late 16th century, and the most comprehensive ones were recorded in... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3208995 Synopsis Chapters: 15th Cen