 The resisting Gaza Empire , a collection of indigenous tribes who inhabited the area that now constitutes Mozambique and Zimbabwe , was defeated in 1895 , and the remaining inland tribes were eventually defeated by 1902 ; in that same year , Portugal established Lourenço Marques as the capital . In 1926 , political and economic crisis in Portugal led to the establishment of the Second Republic ( later to become the Estado Novo ) , and a revival of interest in the African colonies . Calls for self determination in Mozambique arose shortly after World War II , in light of the independence granted to many other colonies worldwide in the great wave of decolonisation . 
 The resisting Gaza Empire , a collection of indigenous tribes <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>who</mark></a>inhabited the area <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a>now <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>constitutes</mark></a> Mozambique and Zimbabwe , was defeated in 1895 , and the remaining inland tribes <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> eventually defeated by 1902 ; in that same year , Portugal established Lourenço Marques as the capital . In 1926 , political and economic crisis in Portugal led to the establishment of the Second Republic ( later to become the Estado Novo ) , and a revival of interest in the African colonies . Calls for self determination in Mozambique arose shortly after World War II , in light of the independence granted to many other colonies worldwide in the great wave of decolonisation . 
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