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Feb 19, 1415
The Portugese in Africa (1415-1600)
Access to trade for gold, spices, and fabrics inspired Europeans to find a new, faster route to South Asia. MOst of West Africa's coast was explored from 1415 to 1600s. POrtugese had a great relationship with Africa. From trade to urban cities to migrations of people. This event is significant because it lead to the African Slave Trade, an influential event that impacted Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Portugese in Africa -
Dutch India Company in South Africa
http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/dutch-east-india-company-deicvoc The dutch india company was trading with asia for spices and the british with the merchants. With these trading going on they wanted to get involved with south africa with ideas of fresh fruit and other neccities when they began trading with south africa. -
The first recored of diamonds in sotuh africa
DiamondsThe discovery of the dimaonds which was known as the(Eureka) brought alot of new settlers to the region of south africa. THis would led to the region opening up to the rest of the worl for its trade of the diamonds for other neccities. -
Berlin Conference (1884-1885)
This was the European competiton for territories in Africa for its rich resources. The confernce itself was to set the new policy for colonization and mapped out boundaries of territories, excluding the say of the indigenious peoples of Africa living in these territories. The conference led to the European colonization in Africa, sparked interest in the country of Africa, and began many cultural and social conflicts between the Africans. -
The Gold Rush Of South Africa
Gold Rush The gold rush in south africa opened alot of doors for this region not only had gold beened discovered;also so had diamonds. With the discovery of this two new products, south africa entered the trading with the rest of the world many new settlers from euroupe came to claim the land where the gold mines were located to have people work for them and discover the gold. -
African Mint Coins
Mint Coins The first time a settler came to south africa was before Vasco de Gama settler were already exchanging their. They left there usage of their money quanties, at this time south africa was using spainish money. In 1892 the president at that time created the first mint with the helpe of the british and its quanties south africa had it's first moeny quanties. Overtime the quanties have changed but they still use the mint -
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Africa (Sub-Saharan) Timeline
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Apartheid
Apartheid This period in south africa's history was where the whites moved form the costal lands to inland, most of the whites controled the farm lands. In 1913 after south africa gained independence this where the racial tension bgean, the law forbid whites and blacks to marry, live in reserved areas also it was illegal for them to work as sharecroppers as well. This act was finally dfeated after world war two. -
The Sahara (3000 BCE)
Sahara went from green to desert in a flashThe Sahara Desert wasn't always a desert. It was once a grasslands with hippos and giraffes. Researchers believe the cause was dust blown west from Africa which can cause drier conditions along with the shifting of the seasonal monsoons. This caused the people to migrate and this climate change was one of the most dramatic climate shift. -
Egypt (3500 BCE)
Egypt is a rich and properous civilization due to the NIle RIver and using it for farming, etc. Egypt is known for its hieroglyphic writing and pyramids found in the Old Kingdom. THroughout its histpry, Egypt has been invaded and ruled by many civilizations, assyrians and persians, etc. Egypt became independent in 1953. -
Australopithecus
Australopithecus afarensisAustralopithecus,4 million years to 1 million years ago,appeared in East Africa as the beginning of human evolution. They weren't apes, despite of their name; however, they were hominids, belonging in a family that included humans and humanlike species.These creatures are significant because its the start of the first humanlike creatures resulting in human evolution.
