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The portrayal of a ruler of this kingdom as an “archdemon” in A. T. Bryant’s history of “Olden Times” was challenged by the interviews in the James Stuart Archive. Dan Wylie analyzed myths about this kingdom in Savage Delight and said that a battle it won was fabricated by E. A. Ritter. The “Cobbing controversy” disputed histories like G. M. Theal’s about the “depopulation” caused by this kingdom, whose loss to “commandos” with ox-wagons inspired the ethnonationalist “Day of the Vow.” (10[1])Donald R. Morris’s The Washing of the Spears credits a military revolution to this kingdom, whose founder alternatively names Heritage Day, or Braai Day, and was fictionalized by Thomas Mofolo. Colonial historians blamed this kingdom for a period called “the Crushing.” For 10 points, what kingdom’s first ruler developed impi regiments, iklwa assegais, and the “bull-horns” formation in the “Mfecane”? ■END■

ANSWER: Zulu Kingdom [or Zulu Empire; or KwaZulu; accept Zululand; accept Zulu Kings and their Armies; accept Olden Times in Zululand and Natal] (The likely ahistorical battle was the “Battle of Gqokli Hill.” Theal was the “father of South African history.” The “Day of the Vow” commemorates the Battle of Blood River. Thomas Mofolo wrote Chaka. Shaka is ascribed the innovations in the final sentence.)
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y1100%0%0%80.00