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Impi is a Nguni word meaning war or combat and by association any body of men gathered for war; for example, impi ya masosha is a term denoting an army. Impi were formed from regiments (amabutho) from large militarised homesteads (amakhanda). In English impi is often used to refer to a Zulu regiment, which is called an ibutho in Zulu, or the army of the…
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| Impi | is a | Nguni word meaning war or combat and by association any body of men gathered for war | 0.90 | text |
| Impi | is a | unique unit for the Zulu faction with Shaka as their leader. 'Impi' is also the title of a very famous South African song by Johnny Clegg and his band Juluka | 0.90 | text |
| Donald Morris hold that his political genius laid the basis for a relatively light hegemony | instance of | Historians | 0.80 | text |
| the Carthaginians maintained a patchwork of force types | instance of | While other ancient powers | 0.80 | text |
| and the legions retained such phalanx-style holdovers like the triarii | instance of | While other ancient powers | 0.80 | text |
| later writers would attribute to Marius the implementation of one consistent standardised approach for all the infantry that likely actually took place gradually across many years | instance of | While other ancient powers | 0.80 | text |
| Britain | instance of | This limited resource base would hurt the Zulu when they confronted technologically advanced world powers | 0.80 | text |
| Civilization III | instance of | it appears in various video games | 0.80 | text |
| Civilization IV | instance of | it appears in various video games | 0.80 | text |
| Impi | related to External links | Article | 0.60 | section |
| Impi | related to External links | Zulu Impi | 0.60 | section |
| Impi | related to Genesis | The Zulu | 0.60 | section |
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