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Jan 8, 700
Arabian and Persian traders brought ivory, gold, shell and lots of things to trade.
In 700 AD Zimbabwe, a lot of traders from Arabia and Persia trade ivory, gold, shell, slaves and all kinds of goods. It was the first visit by Arabian and Persian trades to Africa. Arab traders stay in the region and there was a Muslim influence to the culture. The trade mostly takes place in coastal places. There are lots of places became important centers of trade and development. Most places became inhabited at this time. -
Feb 28, 1000
The city called Zimbabwe was built by Shona people.
The city of Zimbabwe was built by people that speak Shona. The first inhabitant in the Great Zimbabwe was in 400 AD, the people speaking Shona settled the region of Great Zimbabwe. The land is very nice. The soil was very good to plant, farm and herd. There many kinds of minerals like gold, iron, silver to trade and craft. Shona call this place home. The Shona began their rules and the population was ranked from elite leaders to the peasants by 1000 AD. -
May 19, 1300
The region of Namibia came the migrations that speak Bantu.
The migrations who speak Bantu migrated to the region of Namibia in 1300’s. The Bantu people migrated from Western and Central Africa to Southern Africa 2,000 years ago. Bantu’s iron-age weaponry and pastoralist life helped them to control Khoisan, the original habitants that have stone-age hunter-foragers. Between 12th and 15th centuries, the first major civilization occurred. In the 15th century, the Southern Africa’s interior entered a quiet phase because of inexplicable demise of Great Zimba -
Feb 3, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer, sighted the coast of Africa sailing north and made landing at Mossel Bay (South Africa) and realized that they had rounded the continent.
In 1488 Bartolomeu Dias a Portuguese explorer became the first European to round the southern tip of Africa opening a sea route from Europe to Asia. His ships rounded the dangerous waters of The cape of Good Hope. Bartolomeu’s discovery opened the door to increase trade with the Indian and other Asian powers. On the journey back, Dias observed the southernmost point of Africa, later called Cabo das Agulhas, or Cape of Needles. Dias named the rocky second cape Cabo das Tormentas (Cape of Storms) -
Gold is discovered in the Transvaal
At this time gold was not necessarily a new thing but more recently gold had run out. But the gold here was different. It ran for miles and miles underground. The discovery of gold changed the face of Transvaal, before it was a poor and struggling providence, but ten years after this discovery it was the richest mining area in the world. -
The British Parliament abolished the slave trade.
In 1807 Mar 25, The British Parliament abolished the slave trade. The act abolished the Slave Trade in the British colonies. This made it illegal to carry slaves in British ships. They believed that, if the trade was ceased, slavery would eventually wither away. Any British naval captain who was caught transporting slaves was fined £100 for every slave found on board his ship. If slave-ships were in danger of being captured by the British navy, captains often reduced the fines they had to pay by -
Diamonds were discovered in South Africa
A young boy named Erasmus Jacobs discovered a clear rock in his family’s backyard. He unfortunately did not know what it was and gave it away to his neighbor. This was diamond was later named “the star of Africa”. -
A process of "forced removals," whereby Blacks were removed to allow for all-white areas, was begun.
In 1901 the apartheid government started the process of forced removals. This was when South Africans were removed from their area, so that there could be new land for the white people. More than 3.5 million South Africans were removed. These removals were greatly important because it carried out the plan for the Group Areas Act. The Group Areas Act instructed residential segregation in the country. The people who were removed were forced to work for shop owners or other labor involved jobs. -
The Union of South Africa declared war on Germany
In the beginning South Africa was not prepared and could not properly defend itself. On September 3 1939, there was word that Great Britain and Nazi Germany were at war. It took about five years for South Africa to be ready for war, then on September 6 South Africa also declared war on Germany. But South Africa’s Naval services were withdrawing people and the small amount of money they had was wasted on nonmilitary development. South Africa had no true plan for the future defense of the country. -
The government of South Africa enacted a ban against racially mixed marriages
On July 29 1949, the ban of Mixed Marriages Act, prohibited marriage between white people and other race groups in South Africa. This law\act came from the apartheid government. South Africans had to register as members in one of four racial groups; White, Colored, Indian, and Black. The apartheid government used these categories to make sure no one married a different racial group. If this law was broken they would get arrested. This law also banned marriages beyond the country.
