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  2. Pre-colonial history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    The pre-colonial history of the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo encompasses the history of the Congo Basin region up to the establishment of European colonial rule in the era of New Imperialism and particularly the creation of the Congo Free State and its expansion into the interior after 1885.

  3. History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known human settlements in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been dated back to the Middle Stone Age, approximately 90,000 years ago.The first real states, such as the Kongo, the Lunda, the Luba and Kuba, appeared south of the equatorial forest on the savannah from the 14th century onwards.

  4. History of the Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia

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    The construction between 1921 and 1934 of the 511 km long railway, the Chemin de Fer Congo-Océan between Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire is for example said to have cost the lives of around 23,000 locals and a few hundred Europeans. Any resistance against French colonial rule, however small, was brutally repressed.

  5. Category : History of the Republic of the Congo by period

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    Years in the Republic of the Congo (8 C, 1 P) Pages in category "History of the Republic of the Congo by period" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.

  6. Luba Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Luba Empire or Kingdom of Luba was a pre-colonial Central African ... Early history: pre–1876 ... being eighteen years of Congo evangelistic mission history. ...

  7. Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia

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    In 1964, Congo sent an official team with a single athlete at the Olympic Games for the first time in its history. In 1965, Congo established relations with the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, North Korea, and North Vietnam. [31] Under his presidency, the Congo began to industrialize.

  8. Colonization of the Congo Basin - Wikipedia

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    Colonization of the Congo Basin refers to the European colonization of the Congo Basin of tropical Africa.It was the last part of the continent to be colonized. By the end of the 19th century, the Basin had been carved up by European colonial powers, into the Congo Free State, the French Congo and the Portuguese Congo (modern Cabinda Province of Angola).

  9. Kingdom of Loango - Wikipedia

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    History of the Republic of the Congo; Kingdom of Kongo: 1390–1914: Kingdom of Loango: 1550–1883: Kongo Civil War: 1665–1709: ... was a pre-colonial African ...