Empire of Kitara

The Empire of Kitara or Chwezi Empire refers to the Kingdom of the Banyakitara. At the time of its greatest expansion, it ruled much of the Nile valley and beyond. When the Kingdom of Aksum disintegrated around 940 AD into kingdom of Makuria, the Zagwe kingdom, the Damot kingdom and the Shewa kingdom, another kingdom broke away in the south to form the Empire of Kitara. The Empire consisted of what is modern day Lake Victoria, Uganda, northern parts of Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, the eastern parts of the DRC, Zambia and Malawi.

Empire of Kitara

The Empire of Kitara or Chwezi Empire refers to the Kingdom of the Banyakitara. At the time of its greatest expansion, it ruled much of the Nile valley and beyond. When the Kingdom of Aksum disintegrated around 940 AD into kingdom of Makuria, the Zagwe kingdom, the Damot kingdom and the Shewa kingdom, another kingdom broke away in the south to form the Empire of Kitara. The Empire consisted of what is modern day Lake Victoria, Uganda, northern parts of Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, the eastern parts of the DRC, Zambia and Malawi.