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South Africa History
South African history stretches back to the Khoisan tribes. Since then Europeans, Indians, and Chinese soon arrived in the country. White South Africans are of European descents, while Modern-day South Africans are a mixture of nationalities.
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What are the causes of slave trade?
There is much debate about how slavery came about in the South. It could be down to the vast amounts of cotton that were being produced and wealthy land owners needed a vast amount of cheap labour and slaves from Africa and other places were the perfect solution for what was a high demand of cotton. Books on the matter can help further.
What did the dutch take from South Africa?
Well at first the Dutch East (shipping) Company had began sailing on a route which passed South Africa on its way to india. Cape Town made a perfect stop for the crew to refresh and trade some goods for food from the local people. Eventually a few Dutch settled in the Cape to begin farms and simple businesses to provide goods for the Dutch sailers. Later, many Dutch moved to Cape Town and began developing the city. As the city grew so did its demands. More people from the Dutch Republic moved to South Africa to support the growing demands. These people later moved more inland and developed towns. Later the Cape Dutch colony was formed.
What was the main cause of the slave trade and why?
If you are talking about the African slave trade
The slave trade started because the English needed people who could stand the heat to work so they travelled to Africa and used Africans for their work and people where told to capture Africans and the Africans were traded for guns and rifiles and thus the slave trade was born.
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While that ^^ is mostly correct it was not the reason the African slave trade started. The Portuguese where the first European power to explore the west African coast searching for gold and a sea route to the Indies (India & Spice Islands). They found small amounts of gold, but instead found that African slaves could be bought for cheap directly from the native ruling chiefs and kings instead of buying them from Moors and Arabs from the north African coast. The other main reason for the start of the trans-Atlantic slave trade was profit...as always...it was only later, in the early 16th century that African slaves where started to be shipped in large numbers to the new world. It continued simply because of the huge profits amassed by the slave merchants and even Kings Queens of Europe...
If you read into it you learn that the Arabs where enslaving and kidnapping far more black Africans than the western nations, millions more, even into the mid 20th century. Still to this day human slavery is a rampant problem, and the Persian gulf Arabian states still import slaves from east Africa and eastern Europe, though in vastly smaller numbers.
Where did the Afrikaners come from?
Afrikaners are an ethnically distinct group of descendants of European settlers, arriving in modern day South Africa on and after 16 April 1652. Their mother tongue is Afrikaans, their predominant religion is Afrikaner Calvinism and they identify with the Afrikaner culture. The vast majority of Afrikaners came, in various waves, from the Netherlands and their language, Afrikaans, is based on Dutch.
How did the colonization of South Africa end?
colonization began when the portouges actually the first ones to come to Africa for slavery but then other coutrys got intrested and followed along that's when the for example the french and the dutch came along and wanted the land for themselves after that all the coutries like the portouges, french, and the dutch went together in a conference and peacfully decided which land they would like to have (the thing that bothers me is that it wasn't even there land to begin with)
i guess that's how it started if u need more help lizzie0823@yahoo.com
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Who was the president of South Africa in 1982?
The state president of South Africa in 1982 was Marais Viljoen. He served from 1979 to 1984 and was the last ceremonial state president of South Africa.
What are the causes of boers trek?
shortage of land and population increase are the main causes of great terk
Was there a winner and loser in the Zulu war?
Yes the British empire won the war and the Zulu nation lost.
What was the bigger war that was part of the boar war?
There were 2 Boer Wars and no bigger war in Africa at that time.
The driest place is Wadi Halfa in the Sudan with less than 2.54 mm of rain
What is the history of the Zulu mask?
There's not a lot on the internet as you probably know by now but there are books... If I find one I'll tell you what little there is..
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How did South Africa treat the black people in the past?
Approximately the same way Americans in the South treated black people.
Who gave South Africa independence in 1910?
1910-1961 South Africa become a self governing member of the British Commonwealth of nations.In 1961 SA become a Republic an broke all ties with England .
In 1877, Britain annexed the South African Republic. In 1886 large gold deposits were discovered. British and Germans came to the area to mine the gold and soon were a larger population than the Boers. The Boers denied political rights to the "foreigners" and taxed them heavily. In 1895 there was a rebellion and although it was soon settled, it led to the South African War of 1899. Check out the website: http://www.bartleby.com/65/tr/Transvaa.html
== == == == In 1895, Transvaal was known as the Zuid Afrikaanche Republic (translated to 'South African Republic') or ZAR for short.
Why do people in Africa eat clay?
I have lived in many places in Africa and never encountered any people who ate clay. - I'm sure you must have mis-interpreted something.
