Until 16th century
Maasailand and northern Tanzania
The Dadog were a pastoral people whose former dominance in northern and central Maasailand was challenged by South Kalenjin expansion. They retained control of the Loita and Ngorongoro highlands, and possibly the Serengeti and Mara plains, until Maasai invasions broke their power in those regions during the seventeenth century.
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The Story
The Dadog occupied an important position in the pastoral landscape of Maasailand and northern Tanzania. In northern and central Maasailand, they were described as once dominant before the advance of South Kalenjin communities. Their political and territorial position therefore changed as Kalenjin populations moved southward across the Maasai steppe.
South Kalenjin expansion led Dadog communities to give way in northern and central Maasailand. Farther south, however, the Rift escarpment helped preserve Dadog control. The Loita and Ngorongoro highlands remained under Dadog authority, while control of the Serengeti and Mara plains is presented as probable rather than certain.
Dadog power in these southern regions survived until the seventeenth century. Its eventual defeat was not attributed to the Kalenjin but to Maasai invaders, who became the new force threatening the older pastoral balance of the region.
Until 16th century
Maasailand and northern Tanzania
The Dadog were a pastoral people whose former dominance in northern and central Maasailand was challenged by South Kalenjin expansion. They retained control of the Loita and Ngorongoro highlands, and possibly the Serengeti and Mara plains, until Maasai invasions broke their power in those regions during the seventeenth century.
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The Story
The Dadog occupied an important position in the pastoral landscape of Maasailand and northern Tanzania. In northern and central Maasailand, they were described as once dominant before the advance of South Kalenjin communities. Their political and territorial position therefore changed as Kalenjin populations moved southward across the Maasai steppe.
South Kalenjin expansion led Dadog communities to give way in northern and central Maasailand. Farther south, however, the Rift escarpment helped preserve Dadog control. The Loita and Ngorongoro highlands remained under Dadog authority, while control of the Serengeti and Mara plains is presented as probable rather than certain.
Dadog power in these southern regions survived until the seventeenth century. Its eventual defeat was not attributed to the Kalenjin but to Maasai invaders, who became the new force threatening the older pastoral balance of the region.
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