modern colonisation of Africa were Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Belgium and Italy. European rule had significant impacts on Africa's societies...
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The Scramble for Africa was the conquest and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers driven by the Second Industrial Revolution...
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April 2012). The White Africans: From Colonisation To Liberation. Jonathan Ball Publishers. ISBN 978-1-86842-491-7. The limit of Ptolemy's knowledge in...
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Curonian colonisation refers to the colonisation efforts of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (today part of Latvia), a vassal duchy of the Polish–Lithuanian...
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Sabean colonisation of Africa was a process of colonization by Sabeans that occurred in the Horn of Africa during the first millennium BC. One of the oldest...
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the first sub-Saharan African country to gain its independence from European colonisation. Starting with the 1945 Pan-African Congress, the Gold Coast's...
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1914, driven by the great force and hunger of the Second Industrial Revolution, European colonisation of Africa developed rapidly, as the major European...
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Berlin Conference (redirect from Congo Conference on colonization of Africa (1884))
in Africa during the New Imperialism period. The conference was organized by Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of Germany, at the request of Leopold...
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number of African states. During the Colonisation of Africa, European settlement patterns generally favoured territories with a substantial amount of land...
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The colonial history of Africa spans from colonial period until the postcolonial period in the history of Africa. By the 1850s, British and German missionaries...
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Regarding Africa-Europe relations see: African military systems (1800–1900) Colonisation of Africa Scramble for Africa Decolonisation of Africa Economic...
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Colonization of the Congo Basin refers to the European colonization of the Congo Basin of tropical Africa. It was the last part of the continent to be...
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European colonisation of Africa Brandenburger Gold Coast Danish Gold Coast Dutch Gold Coast Portuguese Gold Coast Swedish Gold Coast Scramble for Africa West...
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inhabited South Africa more than 100,000 years ago. In 1999, UNESCO designated the region the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site. South Africa's first known...
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Neocolonialism (category European colonisation of Africa)
French Politician Jacques Foccart's Role in France's Colonisation of Africa Under the Leadership of Charles de Gaulle". The National Interest (obituary)...
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collapsed into civil wars. The Scramble for Africa was the conquest and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers driven by the...
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List of African dependencies and other territories — including their respective capitals: French Southern Territories — Saint Pierre, Réunion Crozet Islands...
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comprehensive history of the colonisation of African territory by European powers between 1876 and 1912 known as the Scramble for Africa. The book was written...
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following is a list of European colonies in Africa, organized alphabetically by the colonizing country. France had the most colonies in Africa with 35 colonies...
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New Imperialism (redirect from Second wave of European colonisation)
resources of the subjugated countries. During the era of New Imperialism, the European powers (and Japan) individually conquered almost all of Africa and parts...
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The Rhodes Colossus (category British colonisation in Africa)
cartoon has become one of the most frequently used images to represent the era of New Imperialism and the European colonisation of Africa. Rhodes' legacy in...
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Atlantic slave trade (redirect from Importation of slaves to the United States)
transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people to the Americas. European slave ships regularly used the triangular...
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Lion (redirect from Lions in Africa)
discourage solo lion hunts. During the European colonisation of Africa in the 19th century, the hunting of lions was encouraged because they were considered...
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Second Boer War (redirect from South Africa 1899–1902)
influence in Southern Africa. The Witwatersrand Gold Rush caused a large influx of "foreigners" (Uitlanders) to the South African Republic (SAR), mostly...
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Greek colonisation refers to the expansion of Archaic Greeks, particularly during the 8th–6th centuries BC, across the Mediterranean Sea and the Black...
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Peking Legation Quarter Colonisation of Africa Colonies in antiquity Treaty Ports of China, Korea and Japan In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the...
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Colonial Heads of Ghana (Gold Coast) Colonial Heads of Brandenburger Gold Coast Colonial Heads of Dutch Gold Coast Colonial Heads of Portuguese Gold...
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Presidential elections were won by candidates of the same party. The early (pre-European colonisation) history of Isle de Séchelles or Seychelles is unknown...
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Fashoda Incident (category European colonisation of Africa)
century, Africa was rapidly being claimed and colonised by European colonial powers. After the 1885 Berlin Conference regarding West Africa, Europe's...
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The African independence movements took place in the 20th century, when a wave of struggles for independence in European-ruled African territories were...
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