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    The German East Africa Company (German: Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft, abbreviated DOAG) was a chartered colonial organization that brought about...
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    German East Africa (GEA; German: Deutsch-Ostafrika) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda,...
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    British East Africa, the Uganda, and the Belgian Congo. The campaign all but ended in German East Africa in November 1917 when the Germans entered Mozambique...
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    the German colonial empire Duala people German colonial projects before 1871 German colonization of the Americas German East Africa Company German New...
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    this support by the German government completely changed the power and influence the German East African Company had. The company did not waste any time...
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    East Africa Company (IBEAC) was a commercial association founded to develop African trade in the areas controlled by the British Empire. The company was...
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    The German West African Company, in German Deutsch-Westafrikanische Gesellschaft / Compagnie, was a German chartered company, founded in 1885. It exploited...
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    rupee. The Company retained its coinage rights even after the takeover of German East Africa by the government later in 1890. In 1904 the German government...
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  • African Company 1752 Emden Company 1882 German New Guinea Company 1884 German East Africa Company 1885 German West African Company 1891 Astrolabe Company 1783–1793...
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    Emil von Zelewski (category German people in German East Africa)
    August 1891) was a German officer of Kashubian descent who served as commander of the Schutztruppe in German East Africa. He led German forces against an...
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    East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was a British protectorate in the African Great Lakes, occupying roughly the same area as...
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    Carl Peters (category German people in German East Africa)
    founders of the German East Africa Company. He was a controversial figure in Germany for his views and his brutal treatment of native Africans, which ultimately...
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    Schutztruppe (category Military history of German East Africa)
    where German colonizers met with stronger resistance. When in 1888 the Abushiri Revolt broke out in the dominions of the German East Africa Company, Bismarck's...
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  • German Bicycle Union (1930's–1945) Pennant for the German Car Club (?–1945) Pennant for the German Aeronautic Union (1933–1937) Most municipalities have...
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    and Lindi on the southern coast of Tanzania in 1888, when the German East Africa Company officials attempted to take control of the coastal areas previously...
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  • German South Africans refers to South Africans who have full or partial German heritage. A significant number of South Africans are descended from Germans...
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    government of the German Empire granted an imperial charter to the German East Africa Company, and a protectorate was established. German colonial rule in...
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    German West Africa (Deutsch-Westafrika) was an informal designation for the areas in West Africa that were part of the German Colonial Empire between...
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    Society for German Colonization List of former German colonies German East Africa Company Mittelafrika Wituland Karl Peters Hitler Youth Evans, Richard...
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    East Germany (German: Ostdeutschland, [ˈɔstˌdɔʏtʃlant] ), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik, [ˈdɔʏtʃə...
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    Burundi) German Kamerun (now Cameroon and part of Nigeria, 1884–1916) German East Africa (now Rwanda, Burundi and most of Tanzania, 1885–1919) German South-West...
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    Sultanate of Zanzibar (category 1856 establishments in Africa)
    Scramble for Africa, further German interest in the area was soon shown in 1885 by the arrival of the newly created German East Africa Company, which had...
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    Italian East Africa (Italian: Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI) was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa. It was formed in 1936 after the Second Italo-Ethiopian...
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    The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the...
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    unit formed during the East African Campaign during World War II. The German Motorized Company was formed from about 138 Germans who had fled from British-held...
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    The United East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie [vərˈeːnɪɣdə ʔoːstˈɪndisə kɔmpɑˈɲi]; abbreviated as VOC [veː(j)oːˈseː]), commonly...
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    The Royal African Company (RAC) was an English trading company established in 1660 by the House of Stuart and City of London merchants to trade along the...
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    Swahili coast (category Southeast Africa)
    Scramble for Africa, further German interest in the area was soon shown in 1885 by the arrival of the newly created German East Africa Company, which had...
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    renamed to National African Company in 1881 and to Royal Niger Company in 1886. In 1929, the company became part of the United Africa Company, which came under...
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    began in the late 19th century by the German East Africa Company. Sisal was continually produced during the German administration and the British administration...
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