 History of Tanzania
History of Tanzania (Doctorate in African Business)
Olduvai gorge (Tanzania,
East Africa): The oldest hominid settlements
- 10,000 years ago: Tanzania was populated by hunter-gatherers, probably
of Khoisan origin.
- 3,000 - 6,000 years ago: Cuscitic peoples arrive from the northern
- Introduction of agriculture and livestock
- Second millennium: Bantu migrations from West Africa
- Nilotic shepherds arrive
- First millennium: contacts with Arab and Indian merchants
- Introduction of Swahili (Bantu)
- 1200 - 1500: the city of Kilwa, capital of Swahili Civilisation
- Islamisation of the Swahili coast
- 14th century: Ibn Battuta visits Kilwa
- 1498: the Portuguese Vasco da Gama arrives
- 1505: the Portuguese capture the island of Zanzibar
- 18th century: Oman conquers the island of Zanzibar
- 1840: Zanzibar: the capital of Oman (Sultan Seyyid Said)
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Slave Trade Centre by the Arabs
- 1857: British explorers (Richard Burton and John Speke)
- 1866: David Livingstone
- 1884: Society for the German Colonisation
- 1885: Berlin Conference
- 1885-1919. German East Africa
- Resistance of the population
- 1905 - 1907: Maji Maji's armed rebellion against German colonial
rule (300,000 dead)
- 1907: foundation of Dodoma
- 1920: transfer of the German
East Africa to the United Kingdom (mandate
of the League of Nations)
- In 1928, the railway line Tabora-Mwanza was opened to traffic
- Moshi line in Arusha
opened in 1930
- 1947: Tanganyika becomes a Trust Territory of the United Nations
under British control.
- 1954: Julius Nyerere (political party - African National Union
Tanganyika)
- 1961: Tanganyika becomes independent, while retaining the British
monarch as the queen of Tanganyika, and Nyerere becomes prime minister
- Zanzibar gained its Independence from the United Kingdom on December 10,
1963, as a constitutional monarchy under the Sultan's regency.
- Nyerere introduces African socialism (Ujamaa)
- 1964: the Republic of Tanganyika and the Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba
join to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
- The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar change their name to
become the United Republic of Tanzania
- 1978: Ugandan forces under Idi Amin invade Tanzania, beginning the war
between Uganda
and Tanzania
More information: Business in Tanzania, at EENI Training Portal.
- Regions of Tanzania
- Transport and Logistics in Tanzania
- Higher Education in Tanzania
- Mwanza
Tanzania
Tanzanie
Tanzânia
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