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The Zulu kingdoms timeline
1816
Shaka wins control of the Zulu and begins to build them into a formidable military machine
1822
Mzilikazi, after a quarrel with Shaka, leads the Ndebele people to new territories west of Natal
1828
Shaka is murdered by his half-brother Dingaan, who becomes leader of the Zulu in his place
1836
Hendrik Potgieter sets off with some 200 Boers and their cattle at the start of the Great Trek to the north
1837
Piet Retief emerges as the new leader of the Great Trek, replacing Potgieter
1837
Piet Retief reaches a provisional agreement with Dingaan, the Zulu leader, for a Boer settlement in southern Natal
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