Decline
Ultimately, however, long-distance trade destroyed the kingdom of Luba. In the 1870s and 1880s, traders from East Africa began searching for slaves and ivory in the savannahs of central Africa. Tempted by the lure of quick profits, warriors began raiding the Empire for slaves beginning the rapid destruction of the Luba Kingdom. In 1899, the Empire was split in two by a succession dispute ending the Empire as a unified state. The Empire was later absorbed into the Belgian Congo Free State.
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