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CREATION
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THE HUMANE RACE
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LINKED WITH ARABIANS OR EUROPEANS?
there is the idea that the first group of man who colonized Madagascar where european, but some of archeoloist founded arabiand traces. who arivved before? -
Apr 5, 623
ARABS WERE FIRST
Acording to the Malagasy tradition, the first Arabs to settle in Madagascar were refugees from the civil war that followed the death of Muhammad in 632 AD The first historical evidence of settlements dating back to the tenth or eleventh century; this was the Arab slave traders or Zanzibar, which also drew from the coastal populations of Madagascar. Some ethnic groups malagasy descended from these ancient slave; the origins of peoples and Antemoro Antanosy on the east coast, can be traced to a se -
May 17, 1500
THE EUROPEAN ARRIVE
The first Europeans to land in Madagascar were the Portuguese fleet of Diogo Dias, in 1500. Had suffered a detour due to bad weather, and were trying to reach the coast of Mozambique; fortuitously sighted Mauritius, Reunion, August 10, Madagascar, which Dias called it "San Lorenzo" In the following centuries, several European maritime powers (Portugal, Holland, Great Britain and France) tried to create permanent settlements on the island, in order to use them as landing -
COLONIALISM
Colonialism and the trafficking of African slaves to the Americas played a crucial role in the evolution of Madagascar between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Several Malagasy peoples began to trade with Europeans, selling and importing slaves alcohol and firearms; in this way, were able to impose on their neighbors, forming the first empires. -
MERINA POPULATIONA
The Merina people, who inhabited the central plateau of Madagascar and was dedicated to the cultivation of rice, it was only marginally affected by the vicissitudes of kingdoms and empires of the coasts. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, the Merina king Andrianampoinimerina succeeded in uniting the peoples of central Madagascar under its crown; as Ratsimilaho east, Andrianampoinimerina obtained this result thanks in part to a series of political marriages with several princesses of the -
THE DINASTY OF QUEENS
The assassination of Radama II is attributed to the then Prime Minister Rainivoninahitriniony.
A Radama II was succeeded Rasoherina, his widow, crowned May 13, 1863. Was the same Rainilaiarivony to dictate the conditions under which he could ascend the throne; among other things, the Queen restored the freedom of worship abolished by Ranavalona I. Rasoherina is also remembered for strengthened diplomatic relations with Britain, France and the United States. He married first and then Rainivonina -
FRENCH COLONY
On 30 September 1895 the capital Antananarivo was occupied by French troops and the peace treaty of October 1 imposed a protectorate on the island kingdom Imerino. In 1897 the Governor General of Madagascar Joseph Simon Gallieni, as a result of a conspiracy of the court, abolished the kingdom Imerino and exiled the last Queen Ranavalona III to Algiers. The French worked to remove British influence from Madagascar. Imposed the use of French as an official language, not only by opposing the use of -
INDIPENDENCE
On 26 June 1960, Madagascar gained independence, while maintaining a close relationship with France; in September, the country entered in the UN and in the same month he was elected to the presidency Philibert Tisiranana.
