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A map of Africa in 1914, with colours for the sovereign powers: Date: 10 December 2023: ... Imperialism; Scramble for Africa; User:Falcaorib/Africa; Global file usage.
Between 1885 and 1914, Britain took nearly 30% of Africa's population under its control; 15% for France, 11% for Portugal, 9% for Germany, 7% for Belgium and 1% for Italy. [citation needed] Nigeria alone contributed 15 million subjects, more than in the whole of French West Africa or the entire German colonial empire. In terms of surface area ...
There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".
Substantial corrections to Ottoman Empire, Africa, and the Pacific: 10:41, 22 March 2007: 1,425 × 625 (66 KB) Roke~commonswiki {{Information |Description=Map of major world powers by year, derived from public domain animated map on wikipedia.
Background map : Africa map political-fr.svg (this revision) (modified) created by myself ; Reference maps : Map by John Bartholomew & Co. visible on Britishempire.co.uk ; Map from Hammond's Atlas of the Modern World, 1917 ; Map from WHKMLA Historical Atlas ; Map from the Texas Education Agency. Author: Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting) Permission
By 1914, Tanganyika was divided into 22 administrative districts, and only two of them were still ruled by soldiers. [6] The chief characteristic of German rule was the power and autonomy of the district officer; sheer lack of communication dictated this.
A map displaying Southern and Northern Nigeria, 1914 Amalgamation of Nigeria was envisioned from early on in its governance, as is made clear by the report of the Niger Committee in 1898. Combining the three jurisdictions would reduce administrative expenses and facilitate deployment of resources and money between the areas (Specifically, it ...
The roots of French imperialism in Eastern Asia (1967). Darby, Phillip. Three Faces of Imperialism: British and American Approaches to Asia and Africa, 1870-1970 (1987) Davis, Clarence B. "Financing Imperialism: British and American Bankers as Vectors of Imperial Expansion in China, 1908–1920." Business History Review 56.02 (1982): 236–264.