Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914The partition of Africa was one of the most spectacular episodes in modern history. For Europeans, Africa was still an unknown continent in 1880. Thirty years later almost all of it was under European control. This race for colonies went hand in hand with a host of thrilling exploits and dramatic conflicts, of which Stanley's exploration of the Congo and Gordon's death in Khartoum are just two examples. |
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... Shoa Harrar Lake Edward Lake Albert LUGÁNDÁZ Lake Rudolf Lake Tanganyika Persian Gulf SOMALILAND Cape Guardafui KENYA Witu Lake Victoria Nairobi INDIAN OCEAN TANGANYIKA The partition of East Africa Mombasa Zanzibar Dar es Salaam N 24 ...
... Shoa , who was later to achieve fame as Menelik II . The Italians had meanwhile learned that expansion into Ethiopia was no easy option . They first came up against the might of the Ethiopian troops in 1887 - on 26 January of that year ...
... Shoa , a region in the heartland of Ethiopia , where the capital Addis Ababa ( New Flower ) was later to arise . His father's kingdom had been conquered by Theodore in 1855. When the father died , the son was taken to Theodore's court ...
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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 H. L. Wesseling,H. W. Wesseling No preview available - 1996 |