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A map of Somalis from the early 18th century.
This French map of Somalia in the early 18th century, Every word on the map is in italian, and when translated it talks about the latitude of the map, and how it shows the eastern africa coast. It is important because it gives us a feel for the layout of the land at this time. -
Ethiopian Empire declining.
Local war lords were seizing power at this time. Their subsequent decline resulted in internal conflict and later, suring the Scramble for Africa, would have been in the perfect state to be taken control of. However Ethiopia was able to regain their previous status and became one of the few countries to be controlled by the Europeans. -
New people moving into Kenya
The Massai people were now moving into Kenya, and making the land somewhat their own. The Kikuyu (of the Kenyan origin) kept expanding their homeland into south - central region of Kenya. This is important people we are able to see the kind of people living in Kenya at this time, this is important for later dates when people try to gain control of Kenya by force. -
Mozambique became almost entirely devoted to the export of slaves, gold and ivory
This is especially important because Mozambique's economy benefitted greaty fom the export of slaves ivory and gold, especially slaves. This was a little after the Atlantic triangular trade had started, so no one really did anything to stop the trade of slaves. In fact, many supported it, and man became very wealthy because of it. -
Somalia was being fought over.
The British, French, Italians, Egyptians, and Ethiopians were competing to colonize Somalia. It was not until a very long time after this that Somalia finally gained their independence. This is important because it kind of reminds me of the Scramble for Africa, when countries were fighting over Africa. Now they were just fighting over a country in Africa. -
Arabs attempted to take control of the slave trade.
This is when the Arabs were first attempting to take control of the inner slave trade in East Africa. This inner slave trade was already under the control of the Kamba, who were members of the people of central Kenya. These attempts were again and agained rejected, until later. (will be shown later in the timeline.) -
Arab rule finally ends in Kenya
The British now started to take over Kenya, ending the Arab rule for good. 30 years before the time that we are supposed to be look for (whoops) Portugese rule ended, which led into the Arab rule. This is important because it gives us a sense for what kind of country Kenya was throughout the years depending on who's influence they were under. -
People were abducted from Mozambique and Madagascar.
These people were abducted because they were forced to work on sugar plantations. However this was only a small trade in comparison to the French that were being taken during the Transatlantic Trade from West Africa. This is important because it gives a background on the tyoe of slaves that were traded and where they were traded from. -
Arabs gained control of the internal slave trade.
This is important because it gives us a good understanding of the time span between when the Arabs were trying to gain control of the internal slave trade in East Africa, and when they finally gained it. -
Madagascar became an independent country under Merina rule.
This is important because the British were the ones that gave Madagascar their independence. However, Madagascar was still under British rule. It really shows the control that the British had over the countries of Eastern Africa.
