Luba Kingdom - Luba Kingdom

Japanese: ルバ王国 - ルバおうこく

A kingdom formed in central Africa, centered on Shaba Province in the southern part of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is also called the Luba Empire because it controlled a variety of ethnic groups, client kingdoms, and chiefdoms centered on the Luba people. Along with the Lunda Kingdom (or Lunda Empire) to the west, which it had close ties with, the influence of the Luba-Lunda culture extended throughout the entire savannah region on the southern edge of the tropical rainforest in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (up to the west shore of Lake Tanganyika). The Luba Kingdom occupied the center of the trade route across central Africa and reached its peak in the 19th century, but was weakened and disintegrated by the influence of external forces (Arab slave hunters, Western powers) and internal conflicts over succession to the throne at the end of the 19th century.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

アフリカ中部，現在のコンゴ民主共和国南部のシャバ州を中心に形成された王国。ルバ族Lubaを中心にした多様な民族集団，従属王国，首長領を影響下に収めたためルバ帝国とも呼ばれる。緊密な関係のあった西隣のルンダ王国Lunda(あるいはルンダ帝国)とともに，ルバ･ルンダ文化の影響は，コンゴ民主共和国南部の熱帯雨林の南の縁にあたるサバンナ地帯全体(タンガニーカ湖西岸まで)に及んだ。ルバ王国はアフリカ中央部を横断する通商ルートの中央部を占め，19世紀に最盛期に達したが，19世紀末には外部勢力(アラブの奴隷狩り，西欧列強)の影響や内部での王位継承をめぐる紛争で弱体化し解体した。

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