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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... MAHDI IN THE SUDAN European history books mention just one mahdi , namely the Sudanese . The Sudanese mahdi was not , however , a unique phenomenon . The idea of the return of a deliverer , a mahdi , can be found in both main branches ...
... mahdi taught love of the poor at the same time and castigated the rulers for their pride and arrogance.86 During this period the future mahdi broke with his teacher . Shortly af- terwards he found a disciple , Abdullahi , who would one ...
... mahdi as governor of Kordofan , and meanwhile sent him a red cloak and head covering . The mahdi's reply was as dignified as it was haughty : " Know that I am the Expected Mahdi , the Successor of the Apostle of God . Thus I have no ...
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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 H. L. Wesseling,H. W. Wesseling No preview available - 1996 |