- Bantu culture arrives (2,000 years ago)
- Mapungubwe kingdom (1075-1220)
- Zimbabwe kingdom (1220-1450)
- Mutapa kingdom (1430-1760)
- British South Africa Company (1889-1965)
- British Southern Rhodesia (1923-1965, 1979-1980)
- British Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953-1963)
- Rhodesia declares independence (1965)
- Rhodesia (1965-1979)
- Zimbabwe gains independence (1980)
- Zimbabwe protests (2016-2017)
- Coup d'état (2017)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Zimbabwe at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Zimbabwe.)
