Search results for "Portuguese East Africa" - New World Encyclopedia
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- the new-found land that was valuable in Portuguese commerce. This plant has ... Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline ...42 KB (5,904 words) - 22:53, 20 November 2023
- described as the "breadbasket of Africa," has deteriorated to ... campaign in Kenya and elsewhere in Africa fresh in their minds. Many ...37 KB (5,599 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- country in the central part of southern Africa. Zambia covers an area of ... Northern Rhodesia was colonized in the 1890s by the British South ...31 KB (4,520 words) - 05:42, 13 June 2023
- 82 km) wide. Jamaica is 391 miles (635 km) east of Nicaragua on the Central ... in the nations of the Commonwealth as well as in Africa. ...31 KB (4,663 words) - 01:31, 8 February 2023
- and of the Portuguese word algarismo, both meaning "digit." ... Indian system of numeration in the Middle-East and then Europe. This book ...22 KB (3,234 words) - 17:58, 10 November 2022
- As the Roman Empire spread throughout Europe and Northern Africa they ... The Berbers have lived in North Africa for as far back as records ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- include the British Raj, Egypt, the Dutch East Indies, and the Japanese colonial ... across the Mediterranean Sea, North Africa and into South-Eastern Europe ...36 KB (5,415 words) - 07:40, 14 January 2023
- , is a country on the coast of West Africa. It borders Liberia and Guinea ... Côte d'Ivoire is a country of western Sub-Saharan Africa, with ...28 KB (4,077 words) - 07:33, 12 January 2024
- of cultures brought by African slaves, Portuguese servants and British settlers. ... of Nations and its currency is the East Caribbean Dollar. ...27 KB (3,940 words) - 06:23, 31 July 2023
- Maldives was dominated by the Portuguese beginning in the mid-1500s ... used throughout Asia and parts of the East African coast since ancient ...34 KB (4,966 words) - 06:36, 5 November 2022
- quot; state bridging central and western Africa. It is triangular in shape ... is among the most urban in western Africa, large numbers of Cameroonians ...36 KB (5,278 words) - 18:55, 25 November 2023
- many profound cultural influences on West Africa allowing the spread of its ... While Europeans would soon begin to depict Africa as backward, wild and disorganized ...52 KB (8,425 words) - 06:37, 5 November 2022
- In West Africa, the Yorubas use cloves infused in water as a treatment ... they found their way west to the Middle East and Europe well before the ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 07:33, 14 January 2023
- persists, especially in India, China, and Africa, there is controversy over ... and heroism of Lord Bentik of the East India Company. He had been ...20 KB (3,330 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- landlocked country in the southern part of Africa, between the Zambezi and ... obtained a charter for the British South Africa Company, which conquered ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
- Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea, is a nation in West Africa ... The name Guinea is used for the region of most of Africa's west ...23 KB (3,314 words) - 23:40, 25 March 2024
- the smallest population of any nation in Africa, but its greatest natural ... today has the highest per capita income in Africa and 92 percent of the people ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- as the only truly civilized people in Africa. Language and ideology paralleled ... Kruger sought asylum in Portuguese East Africa (modern Mozambique ...38 KB (5,998 words) - 05:19, 17 November 2023
- the rheas resemble the ostriches of Africa and the emus of Australia ... running emus of Australia and ostriches of Africa, as well as the much smaller ...37 KB (5,458 words) - 21:03, 2 December 2023
- To the east are Curaçao and Bonaire, two island territories which ... Dutch, English, African dialects, and Portuguese. However, like many islands ...22 KB (3,174 words) - 17:44, 16 August 2023
