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20 matches to Ivory Coast
Burkina Faso. (Upper Volta). 11C Bobo. 14C Mossi(E)/Gourma(C)...Kingdoms of Yatanga, Ouagadouga. 1895(E)/97(C) French protectorate. 1904 French Sudan. 1919 French colony. 1932-47 Divided Ivory Coast/Niger/French Sudan. 1948 French Territory. 1960 Independent. 1984 =Burkina Faso.
French West Africa. 1895-1958. Dahomey, Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Burkino Faso.
Houphouët-Boigny, Félix. 1905-93. West African leader. President of Ivory Coast 1960-.
Ivory Coast. Baulé, Kru, Lobi, Senefu. 1895 French West Africa. 1960 Independent republic. Cote d’Ivoire.
Phidias. c490-430BC. Greek sculptor. Parthenon frieze. 42 foot gold and ivory statue of Zeus at Olympia. 7 Wonders.
Barbary. 16-19C. Name given to North African coast. Berbers.
Blockade. Naval strategy preventing access to an enemy’s coast.
Ghana. 1957 Gold Coast + British Togoland =Ghana. 1960 Republic. 1981 Dictator.
Gold Coast. 1481 Portugal. 1642 Dutch. 1874 Britain. 1957 Independent +British Togoland = Ghana.
Martello Towers. 1804. Swiss designed defensive towers on English coast against Napoleon.
Melilla. Spanish city on Moroccan coast conquered 1497. Berbers.
Nigeria. c5C BC Nok. c12C Yoruba(SW). 13C Hausa(N)/Kanem-Bornu/Ibo(E). 15C Portugal reach. Slave source. 1851 British colony. 1884 British protectorate. 1960 Independent. 1963 Republic. 1993-98 Abacha military dictatorship. Biafra.
Nkrumah, Kwame. 1909-72. Gold Coast/Ghana Prime Minister 1952-60, President 60-66.
Olmecs. c1150-800BC. Mexican Gulf coast civilization.
Pacific, War of. 1879-84. Chile wins land from Peru, Bolivia’s coastline.
Peking, Treaty. 1860. China cedes coastal land to Russia.
Slave Coast. 17-18C. Parts of Nigeria, Togo, Dahomey.
Spanish Main. 16C. Buccaneer haven. North coast of South America.
Togo. 17-19C Slave trade. 1884 German protectorate = Togoland. 1920 British(W)/ French(E) League of Nations mandate. 1957 British Togo +Gold Coast = Independent Ghana. 1960 French Togo independent = Togo.