: Powerful decentralized and centralized states emerged, including the Lunda Kingdoms Bemba Kingdom Lozi Kingdom 3. The Colonial Period (1890–1964) Zambia, formerly known as Northern Rhodesia
: Modern-day Zambia was originally home to San hunter-gatherers. Bantu-speaking farmers arrived around the 4th century AD, bringing iron tools and pottery.
: Many of Zambia's ethnic groups, such as the Bemba, Lozi, and Lunda, trace their origins to the great Luba and Lunda empires of present-day DR Congo.
: Powerful decentralized and centralized states emerged, including the Lunda Kingdoms Bemba Kingdom Lozi Kingdom 3. The Colonial Period (1890–1964) Zambia, formerly known as Northern Rhodesia
: Modern-day Zambia was originally home to San hunter-gatherers. Bantu-speaking farmers arrived around the 4th century AD, bringing iron tools and pottery.
: Many of Zambia's ethnic groups, such as the Bemba, Lozi, and Lunda, trace their origins to the great Luba and Lunda empires of present-day DR Congo.