The Portuguese turned on them and took all their resources.
Kingdom of Kongo was created in 1395.
The Kingdom of Kongo began to decline in the late 16th century due to internal power struggles, civil wars, and pressure from the slave trade. It officially fell in the late 19th century when it was absorbed into the colony of Portugal.
The Kongo Kingdom traded with Portugal, when King Afonso was in power and after.
São Salvador, in the country called Angola, was the capital of what was the Kongo Kingdom.
João I of Kongo, was ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo before King Afonso I of Kongo.
The capital city of the Kongo Kingdom was Mbanza-Kongo, also known as São Salvador. It was an important political, economic, and cultural center in Central Africa during the kingdom's peak.
The slave trade hurt relations between the Kongo kingdom and Portugal because Portugal kept asking for more and more slaves from the Kongo Kingdom, and that led to a large decrease in population for the Kongo Kingdom.
they traded slaves
yes it was
it began by the bantu speakers
105 ple died
Their family and village