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Ethiopian (Abyssinian) Empire 1137 - 1975 838
 
Adal Ethio
 
Aussa Sultanate Ethiopia
 
 
 
Warsangali Sultanate Somalia 1290s - 1884 590s
 
Ajuuraan Somalia 1300s - 1600s 300s
 
Majeerteen Somalia 1700s - 1875 170s
 
   
Gobroon Somalia 1690s - 1890s 200s
   
   
Marehan Sultanate Somalia
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Kitara Uganda
     
Buganda Uganda 1380s - 1894 515s
 
 
Bunyoro Uganda 1520 - 1899 379
 
Ngazidja Grande Comore 1480s - 1900s 420s
 
Mayotte Mayotte 1500 - 1832 332
   
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C Africa
Chad Country FlagCameroon Country FlagCentral African Republic Country FlagSao Tome & Principe Country FlagGabon Country Flag
Congo Country FlagDemocratic Republic of Congo Country FlagRwanda Country FlagBurundi Country FlagAngola Country Flag
S Africa
Zambia Country FlagNamibia Country FlagCountry FlagZimbabwe Country Flag
Mozambique Country FlagMadagascar Country FlagSouth Africa Country FlagLesotho Country FlagSwaziland Country Flag
Kingdom of Ethiopia
1137 - 1975
838
1529 - 43 14 Ethiopian / Adal War. Ethiopia. Ethiopian Empire, Portuguese Empire vs Adal Sultanate, Ottoman Empire
1531 Battle of Antukyah
Kingdom of Ethiopia
1137 - 1975
838
Kingdom of Ethiopia
1137 - 1975
838
Kingdom of Ethiopia
1137 - 1975
838
1916 Battle of Segale
1940 - 1 1 East African Campaign. Sudan, British Somaliland, Colonial Kenya, Italian Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, French Somaliland, Abyssinia UK, British Somaliland, Kenya Colony, British India, Gold Coast, Colonial Nigeria, N. Rhodesia, S. Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South Africa, Free Ethiopians, Belgium, Belgian Congo, Free French 20 then 250+ 4+ VS Italy 74, Italian E. Africa 182 Eritrean & Somalians 156 6+ 230C
1940 Italian conquest of British Somaliland. Ethiopia Italy, Italian East Africa 24 465X 1.5W VS UK, India, British East Somaliland, Northern Rhodesia, British East Africa 4 38X 102W 120M 3+SomaliSoX * Fall of British Somoliland
1941 Battle of Gondar. Ethiopia UK KenyaACReg, Ethiopians VS Italy 40
Kingdom of Adal
1415 - 1555 140
@ Ethiopia Islamic_Flag
Kingdom of Garo
1567 - 1883 316
@ Ethiopia
Kingdom of Garo
1567 - 1883 316
@ Ethiopia
Kingdom of Garo
1567 - 1883 316
@ Ethiopia
Kingdom of Garo
1567 - 1883 316
@ Ethiopia
 
Kingdom of Aussa
1577 - 1672
95
@ Ethiopia
1513 Battle of Flodden
1531 Battle of Amba Sel
1541 Battle of Sahart
1542 Battle of Bacente
1542 Battle of Hill of Jews
1542 Battle of Wolfa
1543 Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat Muslim army at Battle of Wayna Daga ; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1634 Emperor Fasilides expels Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes & several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1520 1st European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia by Portuguese, arrives at Massawa 9 April, & reaches imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.
1529 Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in Battle of Shimbra Kure, opening clash of Ethiopian–Adal War
1557 Ottomans capture Massawa, all but isolating Ethiopia from rest of world.
636 Gondar founded by Emperor Fasilides, which becomes capital of Ethiopia for next two centuries.
Kingdom of Aussa
1577 - 1672
95
@ Ethiopia
1606 Battle of Gol
1608 Battle of Ebenat
1769 Battle of Faggeta
1771 Battle of Sarbakusa
1788 Battle of Madab
1782 Battle of Wuchale
1868 Expedition to Abyssinia. Ethiopia. British Empire, India vs Ethiopian Empire
1868 - 72 4 War of Abyssinian Succession. Ethiopia. Ethiopian Empire vs Rebels
1895 - 6 1 1st ItaloEthiopian War Ethiopia Eritrean Rebels/Remnants of army Kingdom of Italy
1935 Italian invasion of Ethiopia
1941 Ethiopia captured by Commonwealth troops
1500s
1600s
1700s
1800s
1900s
     
1885 Battle of Kufit.
1887 Battle of Dogali.
1895 Battle of Coatit.
1916 - 22 6 St Josephs Cathedral, Asmara
1940 - 1 1 East African Campaign. Sudan, British Somaliland, Colonial Kenya, Italian Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, French Somaliland, Abyssinia UK, British Somaliland, Kenya Colony, British India, Gold Coast, Colonial Nigeria, N. Rhodesia, S. Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South Africa, Free Ethiopians, Belgium, Belgian Congo, Free French 20 then 250+ 4+ VS Italy 74, Italian E. Africa 182 Eritrean & Somalians 156 6+ 230C
1941 Battle of Keren. Eritrea UK, India 2Div, Free French 2Bat 13 536X 3.2W VS Italy 23 12.1X 21.7W
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1600s
1700s
1800s
1900s
         
1500s
1600s
1700s
1800s
1900s
Kingdom of Warsangali
1290s - 1884 594
@Las Khorey, Somalia.
Kingdom of Warsangali
1290s - 1884 594
@Las Khorey, Somalia.
Kingdom of Warsangali
1290s - 1884 594
@Las Khorey, Somalia.
Kingdom of Warsangali
1290s - 1884 594
@Las Khorey, Somalia.
 
Kingdom of Ajuuraan
1300s - 1600s
300
@ Mareeg, Qaallafo, Merca, Hobyo, Somalia.
Kingdom of Ajuuraan
1300s - 1600s
300
@ Mareeg, Qaallafo, Merca, Hobyo, Somalia.
Kingdom of Marehan
1600s - 1700s 100
Somalia Islamic_Flag
Kingdom of Marehan
1600s - 1700s 100
Somalia Islamic_Flag
   
 
Kingdom of Gobroon
1690s - 1890s
200
@ Afgooye, Somalia. Islamic_Flag Somali, Arabic.
Kingdom of Gobroon
1690s - 1890s
200
@ Afgooye, Somalia. Islamic_Flag Somali, Arabic.
Kingdom of Gobroon
1690s - 1890s
200
@ Afgooye, Somalia. Islamic_Flag Somali, Arabic.
 
         
1580 - 9 9 Turkish–Portuguese Conflicts. Somalia. Kingdom of Portugal vs Ottoman Empire.
1507 - 43 36 Ahmad ibn Ibrihim alGhazi, Somali Imam & general
1542 Battle of Jarte
Kingdom of Majeerteen
1700s - 1875
175
Somalia
Kingdom of Majeerteen
1700s - 1875
175
Somalia
@Hobyo, Somalia. Islamic_Flag Somali & Arabic
1896 St Georges Cathedral, Addis Ababa
1814 Battle of Champaubert.
@Hobyo, Somalia. Islamic_Flag Somali & Arabic
1913 Battle of Dul Madoba
1936 - 41 5 Holy Trinity Cathedral Addis Ababa
1940 - 1 1 East African Campaign. Sudan, British Somaliland, Colonial Kenya, Italian Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, French Somaliland, Abyssinia UK, British Somaliland, Kenya Colony, British India, Gold Coast, Colonial Nigeria, N. Rhodesia, S. Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South Africa, Free Ethiopians, Belgium, Belgian Congo, Free French 20 then 250+ 4+ VS Italy 74, Italian E. Africa 182 Eritrean & Somalians 156 6+ 230C
1940 Italian conquest of British Somaliland. Ethiopia Italy, Italian East Africa 24 465X 1.5W VS UK, India, British East Somaliland, Northern Rhodesia, British East Africa 4 38X 102W 120M 3+SomaliSoX * Fall of British Somoliland
1960 British Somaliland Independant.
1987 Islamic Solidarity Mosque Somalia
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1900s
         
1500s
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1500s
1600s
1700s
1800s
1900s
       
1976 Seychelles Independent
1500s
1600s
1700s
1800s
1900s
Kingdom of Mayotte
1500 - 1832
332
@ Mayotte, French Protectorate
Kingdom of Mayotte
1500 - 1832
332
@ Mayotte, French Protectorate
Kingdom of Mayotte
1500 - 1832
332
@ Mayotte, French Protectorate
Kingdom of Mayotte
1500 - 1832
332
@ Mayotte, French Protectorate
 
1500s
1600s
1700s
1800s
1900s
Kingdom of Ngazidja
1480s - 1900s
Grande Comore
Kingdom of Ngazidja
1480s - 1900s
Grande Comore
Kingdom of Ngazidja
1480s - 1900s
Grande Comore
Kingdom of Ngazidja
1480s - 1900s
Grande Comore
Kingdom of Ngazidja
1480s - 1900s
Grande Comore
     
Kingdom of Mwali
1830 - 1909
79
Moheli, Comoros. Islamic_Flag
1852 56 Livingstone crosses Africa
Kingdom of Mwali
1830 - 1909
79
Moheli, Comoros. Islamic_Flag
1500s
1600s
1700s
1800s
1900s
Kilwa Sultinate
957 - 1506
49
Portuguese Era
@ Tanzania
1499 - 1505 6 Ibrahim ibn Suleiman (Emir Ibrahim, Mir Habraemo in Portuguese) minister of Sultan alFudail; deposed & murdered sultan & tooks power himself not as sultan, but in name of an absent ^ an earlier sultan Suleiman. Incensed, regional vassals of Kilwan Sultanate refuse to recognize usurpation. Emir Ibrahim will be driven out & deposed by Portuguese captain Francisco de Almeida in 1505.
1505 - 6 1 Muhammad ibn Rukn ad Din (Muhammad Arcone to Portuguese, Kilwan noble, not of royal lineage) installed by Francisco de Almeida as Portuguese vassal sultan of Kilwa. But remembering importance of constitutional propriety, Muhammad immediately appointed royal prince Muntari, ^ late alFudail, as his successor. He was assassinated after a year.
1506 Micante
   
1896 AngloZanzibar War, shortest war in history. Tanzania. British Empire vs Zanzibar
1914 Battle of Tanga
1915 Battle of Jassin
Tanganyika
1961 - 64
3
@ Tanzania
1963 Zanzibar independent
1500s
1600s
1700s
1800s
1900s
       
1940 - 1 1 East African Campaign. Sudan, British Somaliland, Colonial Kenya, Italian Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, French Somaliland, Abyssinia UK, British Somaliland, Kenya Colony, British India, Gold Coast, Colonial Nigeria, N. Rhodesia, S. Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South Africa, Free Ethiopians, Belgium, Belgian Congo, Free French 20 then 250+ 4+ VS Italy 74, Italian E. Africa 182 Eritrean & Somalians 156 6+ 230C
1964 Malawi independent
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1600s
1700s
1800s
1900s
1591 Fort Jesus
Kingdom of Pate
1688 - 1870 182
Island, Kenya. Islamic_Flag
Kingdom of Pate
1688 - 1870 182
Island, Kenya. Islamic_Flag
Kingdom of Pate
1688 - 1870 182
Island, Kenya. Islamic_Flag
1810 - 3 3 Lamu Expansion Lamu Oman Paté Tribes Kenya
Witu Sultanate
1858 1923
69
@ Witu, Kenya Islamic_Flag
1918 British East Africa becomes Kenya
1900s Kenya
Ghost & Darkness 1996
Flame Trees of Thika 1982
Out of Africa 1985
1940 1 1 East African Campaign. Sudan, British Somaliland, Colonial Kenya, Italian Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, French Somaliland, Abyssinia UK, British Somaliland, Kenya Colony, British India, Gold Coast, Colonial Nigeria, N. Rhodesia, S. Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South Africa, Free Ethiopians, Belgium, Belgian Congo, Free French 20 then 250+ 4+ VS Italy 74, Italian E. Africa 182 Eritrean & Somalians 156 6+ 230C
1941 Battle of Gondar. Ethiopia UK KenyaACReg, Ethiopians VS Italy 40
1952 Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya
1952 - 60 rebellion in Kenya
Something of Value 1957
Kitchen Toto 1987
Hemingway, Hunter of Death 2001
Snows of Kilimanjaro 1952

1954 Withdrawal from Sudan
Kenya 1963
1500s
1600s
1700s
1800s
1900s
Kingdom of Kitara
1300s - 1500s
200
@ Uganda & Zaire, Rwanda & Burundi. Lake Victoria area

Kingdom of Ashante
1600 - Present 411
@ Kumasi, Uganda. Ancestor worship. Twi. 259KM #3M
Kingdom of Ashante
1600 - Present 411
@ Kumasi, Uganda. Ancestor worship. Twi. 259KM #3M
Kingdom of Ashante
1600 - Present 411
@ Kumasi, Uganda. Ancestor worship. Twi. 259KM #3M
1855 Discovery of source of Nile, Uganda
Mountains of Moon 1990
1894 Uganda becomes protectorate
Kingdom of Ashante
1600 - Present 411
@ Kumasi, Uganda. Ancestor worship. Twi. 259KM #3M
1972 Asians expelled from Uganda
Kingdom of Buganda
1380s - 1894 514
@Kampala, Uganda. L English, Luganda. Lake Victoria area
Kingdom of Buganda
1380s - 1894 514
@Kampala, Uganda. L English, Luganda. Lake Victoria area
Kingdom of Buganda
1380s - 1894 514
@Kampala, Uganda. L English, Luganda. Lake Victoria area
Kingdom of Buganda
1380s - 1894 514
@Kampala, Uganda. L English, Luganda. Lake Victoria area
 
Kingdom of Bunyoro
1520 - 1899
379
@ Uganda
Kingdom of Bunyoro
1520 - 1899
379
@ Uganda
Kingdom of Bunyoro
1520 - 1899
379
@ Uganda
Kingdom of Bunyoro
1520 - 1899
379
@ Uganda