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Chanson de Roland | HISTORY OF LITERATURE

Chanson de Roland

A very early manuscript of the Chanson de Roland (dating from about 1130, in Oxford's Bodleian Library) reveals that the author of France's first great epic poem is probably called Turold. The setting for his stor...

Chanson de Roland | HISTORY OF FRENCH LITERATURE

Chanson de Roland

A very early manuscript of the Chanson de Roland (dating from about 1130, in Oxford's Bodleian Library) reveals that the author of France's first great epic poem is probably called Turold. The setting for his stor...

Charles the Great | HISTORY OF FRANCE

Charles the Great

The only empire which has ever united France and Germany (apart from a few years under Napoleon) is the one established in the 8th century by Charlemagne, the grandson of Charles Martel and son of Pepin III.

On...

Charles the Great | HISTORY OF THE FRANKS

Charles the Great

The only empire which has ever united France and Germany (apart from a few years under Napoleon) is the one established in the 8th century by Charlemagne, the grandson of Charles Martel and son of Pepin III.

On...

Charles the Great | HISTORY OF GERMANY

Charles the Great

The only empire which has ever united France and Germany (apart from a few years under Napoleon) is the one established in the 8th century by Charlemagne, the grandson of Charles Martel and son of Pepin III.

On...

In 1998 a line seems to | THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Colonial period

In 1998 a line seems to be drawn beneath Chad's long dispute with Libya, when the Libyan president Moamar al-Gaddafi pays a state visit to his relatively impoverished southern neighbour. But Chad does also have potential...

In 1998 a line seems to | HISTORY OF CHAD

Colonial period

In 1998 a line seems to be drawn beneath Chad's long dispute with Libya, when the Libyan president Moamar al-Gaddafi pays a state visit to his relatively impoverished southern neighbour. But Chad does also have potential...

During the 9th centurya trading empire | HISTORY OF NIGERIA

Historic regions

During the 9th centurya trading empire grows up around Lake Chad. Its original centre is east of the lake, in the Kanem region, but it soon extends to Bornu on the western side. In the 11th century the ruler of Kanem-Bor...

Almost continuous warfare over the following | HISTORY OF THE FRENCH EMPIRE

French Equatorial Africa

Almost continuous warfare over the following years brings gradual French control west to Lake Chad and north to the Sahara. Meanwhile the French hold is consolidated over the forested regions south to the Ubangi river. T...

President Boumedienne dies in 1978 and | HISTORY OF ALGERIA

The FLN years

President Boumedienne dies in 1978 and the FLN nominate in his place an army colonel, Chadli Bendjedid. During the 1980s he takes steps to lighten the heavy hand of state monopoly - in 1987, for example, measures are put...

French control is not secure for | THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Colonial period

French control is not secure for some while after this, but from 1910 the region is included in French Equatorial Africa as Ubangi-Shari-Chad. This inaccessible territory is difficult to administer, other than at a great...

French control is not secure for | HISTORY OF CHAD

Colonial period

French control is not secure for some while after this, but from 1910 the region is included in French Equatorial Africa as Ubangi-Shari-Chad. This inaccessible territory is difficult to administer, other than at a great...

South of the Mediterranean, the dynasties | HISTORY OF SLAVERY

Slaves in the Middle Ages

South of the Mediterranean, the dynasties of Arabs along the coast stimulate an African slave trade. The town of Zawila develops in the Sahara in about700 specifically as a trading station for slaves. Captured in the reg...

By the end of the century, | HISTORY OF AFRICA

The scramble completed

By the end of the century, a mere fifteen years after the Berlin West Africa Conference, the continent is almost entirely shared out between the European powers. All that remains are a few territories bordering the Sahar...

By the end of the century, | HISTORY OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

The scramble completed

By the end of the century, a mere fifteen years after the Berlin West Africa Conference, the continent is almost entirely shared out between the European powers. All that remains are a few territories bordering the Sahar...

Gide's revelations lead to improvements in | THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Colonial period

Gide's revelations lead to improvements in social conditions. And by the time of World War II French investment is also proving more profitable, particularly in the export of gold and diamonds from the southern region, U...

Gide's revelations lead to improvements in | HISTORY OF CHAD

Colonial period

Gide's revelations lead to improvements in social conditions. And by the time of World War II French investment is also proving more profitable, particularly in the export of gold and diamonds from the southern region, U...

From the death of Mungo Park | HISTORY OF NIGERIA

British explorers

From the death of Mungo Park near Bussa in 1806 to the end of the century, there is continuing interest in Nigeria on the part of British explorers, anti-slavery activists, missionaries and traders.

In 1821 the Br...

The third great colonial movement through | HISTORY OF AFRICA

The scramble completed

The third great colonial movement through the continent is that of the French in northwest Africa. France becomes the only European power to achieve a vast contiguous African empire, stretching all the way from the Medit...

The third great colonial movement through | HISTORY OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

The scramble completed

The third great colonial movement through the continent is that of the French in northwest Africa. France becomes the only European power to achieve a vast contiguous African empire, stretching all the way from the Medit...

The first leader of the Central | THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Independence and Bokassa

The first leader of the Central African Republic is a former Roman Catholic priest, Barthélemy Boganda, who is elected to the French national assembly in 1946. He forms a political party, MESAN or Mouvement pour l...

An extra element is added in | HISTORY OF LIBYA

The Gaddafi regime

An extra element is added in a new name of the country, introduced in 1977. It is now to be known as the People's Socialist Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The phrase Jamahiriya ('government through the masses') implies t...

Like subsequent great kingdoms in this | HISTORY OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Trading kingdoms, west Africa

Like subsequent great kingdoms in this region, Ghana is at a crossroads of trade routes. The Saharan caravans link the Mediterranean markets to the north with the supply of African raw materials to the south. Meanwhile a...

Like subsequent great kingdoms in this | HISTORY OF TRADE

Trading kingdoms, west Africa

Like subsequent great kingdoms in this region, Ghana is at a crossroads of trade routes. The Saharan caravans link the Mediterranean markets to the north with the supply of African raw materials to the south. Meanwhile a...

Like subsequent great kingdoms in this | HISTORY OF AFRICA

Trading kingdoms, west Africa

Like subsequent great kingdoms in this region, Ghana is at a crossroads of trade routes. The Saharan caravans link the Mediterranean markets to the north with the supply of African raw materials to the south. Meanwhile a...