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- Eastern Africa is a region of sub–Saharan Africa containing the ... *East Africa, made up of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; * Horn of Africa ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 17:39, 12 February 2024
- a Nobleman of the Royal Household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around ... Colony, and shipping and trade with the East was developing into a major ...10 KB (1,706 words) - 11:00, 20 September 2023
- Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful ... of Portugal to find Christian lands in the East (the king, like many Europeans ...13 KB (2,082 words) - 14:38, 3 May 2023
- Furthermore he became fascinated with Africa in general, with the legend ... He is credited by some as having joined East and West. A royal prince who ...10 KB (1,543 words) - 17:47, 19 December 2017
- The Kingdom of Mutapa (Shona: Wene we Mutapa; Portuguese: Monomotapa ... and Traditional Evidence, History in Africa 3(1976): 1-17. The Mutapa ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 23:43, 21 October 2023
- Alhandra - Goa, December 16, 1515) was a Portuguese fidalgo, or nobleman, a ... time known as The Great, The Caesar of the East and as The Portuguese Mars ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- Central Africa, sometimes referred to as Middle Africa, defines a ... Although located east of the East African Rift System *Rwanda and ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 23:51, 3 December 2023
- Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent ... * South Africa * Swaziland Many scholars argue that the U.N. definition ...16 KB (2,390 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- The Treaty of Tordesillas (Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas, Spanish: ... The lands to the east would belong to Portugal and the lands to the ...16 KB (2,550 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- A former Portuguese colony, Angola, known formally as the Republic ... Angolan culture reflects centuries of Portuguese influence, namely the predominance ...17 KB (2,316 words) - 06:01, 28 July 2023
- ) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of South Africa. It is ... optimism engendered by opening a sea route to the East. ...15 KB (2,280 words) - 00:36, 13 January 2023
- colonialism, primarily with the Dutch East India Company. Direct state ... of the Dutch empire, notably the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) and Suriname ...20 KB (2,997 words) - 18:52, 24 August 2020
- European exploration of Africa began with the Greeks and Romans, who ... The story of the European exploration of Africa comprises many incidents ...29 KB (4,463 words) - 06:53, 12 September 2023
- a history of ethnocentrism, the Spanish, Portuguese, and French words—mestizaje ... South Africa's Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, passed in ...21 KB (3,025 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- The Azores are a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about ... named after the goshawk bird (Açor in Portuguese). This bird never existed ...17 KB (2,435 words) - 05:18, 26 August 2023
- located in the Indian Ocean to the east of Africa. The dodo, now extinct ... Etymology, "dodo" comes from Portuguese doudo (more commonly doido ...10 KB (1,436 words) - 11:03, 2 August 2023
- provided a large number of captives to the Portuguese. political and economic polities existed in Africa before colonization, and ...16 KB (2,448 words) - 03:03, 5 November 2022
- The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern ... As skilled Portuguese sailors explored the coasts and islands of East ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or ... The VOC's territories became the Dutch East Indies and were expanded over ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 17:23, 12 February 2024
- states in the coastal part of West Africa until it was annexed by the ... Edos to have extended from Onitsha in the east, through the forested southwestern ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 09:14, 27 September 2023
- the largest colonies of water birds in West Africa. The 12,000 km² ... of the richest fishing waters in western Africa and serve as nesting grounds ...16 KB (2,318 words) - 17:29, 10 February 2023
- Spanish: San Francisco Javier; Portuguese: São Francisco Xavier; ... the Indies, arriving in Goa, the center Portuguese activity in the East, on ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- a sparsely populated country in Southern Africa on the Atlantic coast. It ... remained under British control. South Africa seized South West Africa ...17 KB (2,377 words) - 02:43, 11 March 2023
- Inhabited from prehistoric times, Luanda came under Portuguese rule ... Atlantic in the west to the River Kwango in the east of Angola. ...24 KB (3,367 words) - 10:35, 9 March 2023
- north. A premier trading center for West Africa that often attracted European ... and spiritual capital of Islamic West Africa in the fifteenth and sixteenth ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- The Congo River is the largest river in western Central Africa and ... the parts of Gondwanaland that are now Africa and South America. Except ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 19:05, 15 May 2020
- is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz. Its ... and Tigris Rivers, where the left (east) bank is held by Iran. ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 00:43, 24 November 2022
- Ocean 22 miles (35 km) off the coast of East Africa, of numerous small ... called "a jewel in the lap of Africa," the archipelago has ...19 KB (2,660 words) - 05:43, 13 June 2023
- Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa ... states flourished after contact with the Portuguese in the 15th century, and ...16 KB (2,385 words) - 20:13, 14 December 2023
- Portuguese India ( Índia Portuguesa India's independence in 1947, Portuguese India included a number ...22 KB (3,152 words) - 00:27, 12 April 2023
- Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães, IPA pronunciation: / ... Spring 1480 – April 27, 1521) was a Portuguese maritime explorer who, ...20 KB (3,084 words) - 17:19, 26 March 2024
- of the slave trade triangle between Africa, the Caribbean, and New England ... The term originally comes from the Portuguese word "melaço," ...11 KB (1,738 words) - 13:05, 10 March 2023
- Mozambique, is a country in southeastern Africa, bordering South Africa, ... neglect under the colonial domination of the Portuguese. ...25 KB (3,580 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- 3, 1939. Nepal, Newfoundland, Tonga, South Africa, and Canada followed suit ... * South Africa: September 6, 1939 * Canada: September 10, 1939 ...16 KB (2,240 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- Bantu is a general term for over 400 different ethnic groups in Africa ... After the Bantu expansion, many of the great kingdoms of South Africa ...25 KB (3,899 words) - 07:30, 20 September 2023
- camps during the revolt in German West Africa 1904-1905 and Adolf Hitler ... European powers in the “Scramble for Africa.” Among Germany's ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- Republic of Tanzania, is a nation on the east coast of Africa. The name ... and unique in the world; it contains Africa's highest and lowest ...29 KB (4,092 words) - 04:27, 27 February 2023
- which is the largest natural harbor in Africa, and the third largest natural ... Bay College, the oldest university in West Africa, founded in 1827. The university ...24 KB (3,436 words) - 21:04, 27 November 2023
- from being the largest exporter of food in Africa to the biggest importer of ... the only tertiary education institution in East Africa), where he obtained ...16 KB (2,394 words) - 06:41, 28 February 2023
- one of the smallest nations in continental Africa. Formerly the Portuguese ... to the north, Guinea to the south and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 03:07, 12 July 2023
- guarded by two forts built on hills to its east and southwest. ... Unlike most capital cities in southern Africa, Antananarivo was already ...13 KB (1,867 words) - 05:19, 31 July 2023
- emographics/census-main.htm South Africa grows to 44.8 million], on ... |regions = South Africa |region1 = KwaZulu-Natal |pop1 = 7.6 million ...23 KB (3,468 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- port, the largest of the Maghreb and North Africa, and is one of the largest ... leading to it being targeted by the Portuguese, who destroyed the town in 1468. ...20 KB (2,766 words) - 14:16, 29 November 2023
- Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa with its capital and ... Kenya's location on the eastern coast of Africa and central highlands ...29 KB (4,349 words) - 03:29, 6 October 2022
- on the Eastern Indian Ocean coast of Africa. Situated close to the equator ... whose families originated from the Middle East and Indian sub-continent areas ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 22:16, 25 January 2024
- rediscovered, possibly accidentally, by Portuguese sailors and settled by ... lies about 360 miles from the coast of Africa, 535 miles from Lisbon, 230 ...32 KB (4,286 words) - 10:48, 9 March 2023
- The Republic of South Africa, most commonly referred to as South Africa ... South Africa experienced a significantly different evolution from ...35 KB (4,809 words) - 15:13, 27 April 2023
- The Portuguese Colonial War, also known as the Overseas War in Portugal ... a black football player from Portuguese East Africa named Eusébio, is ...54 KB (8,315 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- "Canton" was the convenient Portuguese or French romanization ... The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive to the city by sea ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- They are approximately 354 km (220 mi) east of the mainland. The Rocas ... Amerigo Vespucci, who traveled with a Portuguese expedition of Gonçalo ...21 KB (2,904 words) - 17:27, 26 March 2024
- one-third of the continent of Africa for more than thirty years ... Robert Moffat, who inspired him to go to Africa. Dr. Moffat spoke of the ...18 KB (2,693 words) - 08:06, 28 January 2024
- against independence movement across the Portuguese Empire. After decades of ... were aroused by the new anti-clerical Portuguese First Republic. Writing ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 20:38, 22 December 2022
- by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean. North ... America ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- The Portuguese occupied Muscat for a 140-year period (1508–1648 ... The Ottomans drove out the Portuguese, but were pushed out themselves ...14 KB (2,071 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
- and squash, introduced by Arab and Portuguese traders during the sixteenth ... across the world, especially those of South East Asia. It is now one of the ...28 KB (4,219 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- role in two voyages which explored the east coast of South America between ... Juan Dias de Solis, a Portuguese explorer in service to Spain may ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 06:51, 25 July 2023
- Livingstone Road to the south, the Great East Road to Malawi, and the Great ... events have earned the city the moniker of Africa's "City of Peace." ...21 KB (2,892 words) - 10:38, 9 March 2023
- in terms of population, in continental Africa, though Seychelles and São ... in the last decade has become sub-Saharan Africa's third largest oil ...26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
- for its maritime successes during the Portuguese Age of Discovery. The city ... spans the Tagus to the west of the city. East of that bridge, the Tagus ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- 1784 to 1878, mainly in North America and Africa, selling or losing its territory ... the Berlin Conference (1884) which divided Africa between the major powers ...18 KB (2,669 words) - 00:38, 27 February 2023
- the Americas to the west, and Eurasia and Africa to the east. A component ... Sea, Norwegian Sea, and Barents Sea. To the east, the boundaries of the ocean ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- its culture, as has its native peoples, East Indians, Africans, and the ... Sea just north of Trinidad and Tobago and east of Central America. Geographically ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
- is 250 kilometers (155 mi) long, west to east, and protracts from continental ... stretching from the Persian Gulf to North Africa's Maghreb in the Mediterranean ...22 KB (3,173 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous ... Africa, particularly central eastern Africa, is widely regarded within ...46 KB (6,657 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- The Zambezi (also spelled Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in ... Mozambique, which provides power to South Africa. There is also a smaller ...22 KB (3,457 words) - 21:14, 31 January 2024
- Réunion is an island, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar ... The collective title is derived from the Portuguese navigator Pedro Mascarenhas ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- Island, Rough Rock Island, Flat Rock (East), The Buoys, Sandy Bay Island ... Boatswain Bird Island, Boatswain Bird Rock (east), White Rocks (south), and ...33 KB (4,923 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- father was a wealthy lawyer of Madeiran Portuguese descent who could afford ... his travels in Spain, Mexico, North Africa, plus the streets and cafés ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 04:56, 3 August 2022
- a former French colony of western-central Africa. It borders Gabon, Cameroon ... Congo is located in the central-western part of sub-Saharan Africa ...23 KB (3,296 words) - 19:42, 16 April 2023
- the oasis populations of the Northern Africa Maghreb region. ... within place names across Northern Africa in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia ...17 KB (2,566 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
- at least for a certain period of time. In Africa, Asia and South America, ... in Quartier Administratif, Abong-Mbang, East Province, Cameroon]] ...23 KB (3,445 words) - 10:17, 21 January 2023
- The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa, ... to peoples living today in the Horn of Africa. At another site, dated 1500 ...23 KB (3,242 words) - 10:56, 9 March 2023
- spread over a wide area of North-Western Africa and the Iberian peninsula ... of that Algiers, extending his rule as far east as Oran. ...19 KB (2,956 words) - 08:18, 23 July 2023
- The Bushmen (also known as Khwe, Basarwa, or San) peoples of South ... and caves of the Kalahari in southwest Africa. About half of modern Bushmen ...19 KB (2,855 words) - 18:49, 22 November 2023
- The Republic of Benin is a sliver of a country in West Africa, the ... area between the rain forests of Central Africa and of those farther west ...19 KB (2,686 words) - 19:41, 27 September 2023
- from a height of 150 meters. The topography east of the city is marked by ridges ... Portuguese settlers in 1482, found the present site of Accra occupied ...15 KB (2,198 words) - 07:30, 14 June 2023
- all of them native to Asia, Europe, or northern Africa. ... *The East Caucasian tur, C. cylindricornis, is found in Azerbaijan ...18 KB (2,764 words) - 18:43, 30 August 2021
- Socotra, about 350 km to the south off the Horn of Africa. ... To the east, the mountains range mostly between 1000 m and 2000 m ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- The Paraná River (Río Paraná in Spanish, Rio Paraná in Portuguese ... failure of the expedition, and was banished to Africa. Encyclopedia ...15 KB (2,350 words) - 11:25, 11 March 2023
- 33 are 25 from the West and eight from the East; three women; 18 bishops, ... The Assyrian Church of the East recognizes as Doctors of the Church ...14 KB (1,860 words) - 16:32, 29 January 2024
- Cape Town (Afrikaans: Kaapstad; Xhosa: iKapa) is one of South Africa ... station for Dutch ships sailing to Eastern Africa, India, and the Far East ...27 KB (3,877 words) - 19:33, 25 November 2023
- regarded as an extension of France into Africa, which, in the tradition ... in 1562) were not successful, due to Portuguese and Spanish vigilance. ...25 KB (3,770 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2022
- is located on the Cape Verde Peninsula, Africa's westernmost point ... facilities are located to the north and east, while the industrial estate ...23 KB (3,372 words) - 08:41, 24 January 2024
- date to the sixteenth century, when the Portuguese referred to the bay as ... day eastern North America and northwestern Africa were joined. As the rift ...16 KB (2,540 words) - 03:10, 26 September 2023
- on the Atlantic coast of West Central Africa. Located on the equator, ... Gabon is located on the Atlantic coast of central Africa. The climate ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 07:34, 15 April 2024
- have seen in the Acts of Thomas (written in east Syria in the early third century ... visited South Indian cities of Kayal in the East Coast and Kollam (Quilon) ...21 KB (3,427 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- Rhodes profited greatly by exploiting Southern Africa's natural ... In the context of what has been called the Scramble for Africa, Rhodes ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 20:13, 4 January 2024
- Tulip species are native to southern Europe, north Africa, and Asia ... of Lopo Vaz de Sampayo, governor of the Portuguese possessions in India. Having ...14 KB (2,216 words) - 18:41, 2 May 2023
- devised centuries earlier in the Middle East, where people including the ... parts of the Roman Empire, from Germany to Africa, and especially in the city ...12 KB (1,676 words) - 15:59, 11 August 2023
- territory, located in the Caribbean to the east of Central America. The 36 ... The islands extend east-west for 60 miles and are located just west ...19 KB (2,753 words) - 02:45, 22 November 2023
- is an island nation off the coast of Africa in the southwest Indian Ocean ... and the island of Rodrigues 570 km to the east-northeast. ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- sea," bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan ... increasing cultural exchanges between the East and the West. Peaceful cooperation ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- *** Typically found: Mediterranean countries (Europe and North Africa ... *** Typically found: in North Africa. [[Image:Achatina fulica Thailand ...16 KB (2,467 words) - 15:00, 27 April 2023
- John in Central Asia, and eventually Portuguese explorers convinced themselves ... combined in the public imagination of Africa/Asia in the Middle Ages. ...29 KB (4,428 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
- in the mountains of Ethiopia and central Africa and draining into the Mediterranean ... rises in the Great Lakes region of central Africa, with the most distant source ...23 KB (3,670 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- instrumentation that enabled Portuguese explorers to venture down ... colonial occupation by the Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English, largely ...38 KB (6,067 words) - 21:42, 10 December 2023
- south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. The name "Senegal" ... west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau ...33 KB (4,780 words) - 14:52, 4 April 2024
- 002 km²) and is bordered on the north and east by Massachusetts, on the west ... left what is now New York Harbor and headed east until he discovered what was ...30 KB (4,360 words) - 20:52, 16 April 2023
- from the Romance word casta (seen in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian) ... colonial Latin America under Spanish and Portuguese rule, Japan, Korea, some ...31 KB (4,665 words) - 14:24, 29 November 2023
- is situated between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west. The ... and later contract laborers from the Dutch East Indies and India, as well ...30 KB (4,282 words) - 12:07, 17 April 2024
