1200s - Rise of Kongo empire, centred in modern northern Angola and including extreme western Congo and territories round lakes Kisale and Upemba in central Katanga (now Shaba). 1482 - Portuguese ...

The recent history of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... and including extreme western Congo and territories round lakes Kisale and Upemba in central Katanga (now Shaba). 16th-17th Centuries ...