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First Discovered
This was discovered way before it even got created fully. This discovery was made my Arabs in the 10th century. -
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Discovery
Magnificent saga Indian Ocean paradise until discovered in early 16th century. Earths last Eden. -
1500
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Traders made contact with coastal kingdoms and became first in a long line of interested foreigners. -
1500
Discovery video
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1507
Visit of Portuguese explorer Diego Fernandes Pereira
Came while pioneering new route to East Indies, named it Ilha de Cerne (Island of the swan) -
Dutch settlements
The Dutch settled here and that gave the introduction to sugar canes; they lived off sugar cane trading and stuff like that. Sugar is the life blood of The island. Slaves were imported and the Dutch gave it its original name. -
Dodo birds RIP
Dutch east India killed the Dodo birds. -
Dodo birds video
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Mauritius in French hands
The Dutch completely abandoned the island and it fell into the French’s hands. Aristocratic government, governed by Bertrand Labourdonnais -
Why is French spoken?
When the Island fell into the French hands, the greatest social status language is French. Then more languages started being in this Island. English, French, Mauritian Creole, French based Creole; ethnic languages are a lot too. Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Mayalam, Marathi, Urdu, and Mandarin. -
Dutch abandon island completely
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Economy
Established plantation economy of sugar canes. -
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Whole Senegal got taken over by French -
Nepoleonic War
It was around the Indian ocean and Atlantic Ocean. Also Europe and north amaerica, as well as other seas. All about various conflicts between French to be exchanged five conflicts. -
Captured Island.
The British captured the Island during the Napoleonic Wars, because of the Treaty of Paris. -
End of war
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Cheerful Jumble!
Post Louis the capital of Mauritius became a cheerful jumble of French, Chinese, Creole, and Hindi spoken and and shoppers and traders. Which led to the 20th century’s melting pot! -
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French deputy in French parliament got elected. -
Mark Twain visit
He described Mauritius as heaven, saying “heaven was copied after Mauritius” -
Melting pot
Island was made into a cultural melting pot. Many different mix of cultures -
Religion
Mauritius has religions Hinduism (49%) Christianity (33%) Islam (17%) Buddhism (.18%)
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First African deputy Blaise Diagne got elected. -
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WWII
Mauritius played an important roll in this war, because British had a naval base here. They checked anti submarine and convoy operations. Also signal collections -
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Joined French Sudan form federation with Mali -
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Independence from France -
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Independence from Mali federation -
The Sega dance Videos
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The Sega dance creation
This dance was made by African slaves during the French colonial period. It became popular in the 1960’s. They wear colorful skirts, colorful make up, and graceful movements, a lot of hip moves. There’s drums playing while dancing. -
The ratification of the constitution
The constitution of Mauritius is very similar to the constitution of the U.S. The three inalienable rights though are life, liberty, and security. -
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Abdou Diouf got elected as president -
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Incident on Mauritanian border leading to riots and deportations. -
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Made government paranoid by civic unrest. Opposition leader, Abdoulaye Wade got arrested charged by sedition. -
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Abdoulaye Wade becomes the former president -
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Huge tragedy the MS Joola, a ferry connecting to Dakar and Casamance capsized due to dangerous overload killing 2000 people. -
Bank of Mauritius best central bank governance
This bank promotes and maintains monetary and financial stability -
Video of Bank
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Mauritius present day video
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