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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[1])This empire both hired and fought against the Imbangala warlords. (-5[1])After the Treaty of Berlin, this empire signed the Treaty of (*) Simulambuco (-5[1])with the N’Goyo (-5[1])kingdom to get control of Cabinda, then known as this country’s “Congo.” (-5[1])This empire fought against the Dutch West India Company after this empire’s war with a leader of Ndongo and Matamba led it to retreat from Luanda. For 10 points, name this empire that fought against Nzinga for control of modern-day Angola. (10[4])■END■

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