Question

This empire’s captivity of the traveling writer Andrew Battel was recorded in Purchas His Pilgrimes. This empire lost the Battle of Katole to a power that had earlier defeated them at Kombi. After this empire provided a mat instead of a chair for the queen of its rival, she supposedly used her attendant as a seat. (15[2]-5[1])This empire both hired and fought against (-5[1])the (15[1])Imbangala warlords. (15[1]-5[1])After the Treaty of Berlin, (-5[1])this empire signed the Treaty of (*) Simulambuco (-5[2])with the N’Goyo (-5[1])kingdom (-5[1])to get control of Cabinda, (-5[1])then known (-5[1])as this (10[1])country’s “Congo.” (-5[3])This empire fought (-5[1])against the Dutch West India Company (-5[1])after this empire’s war with a leader of Ndongo and Matamba led it to retreat (10[1])from Luanda. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this empire that fought against Nzinga (-5[1])for control of modern-day Angola. (10[6])■END■ (10[7]0[4])

ANSWER: Portuguese Empire [or Portugal]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, World History>
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