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Resistance to Colonialism 1870–1930
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SOUTHERN
GERMAN RHODESIA
SOUTHWEST
WALVIS AFRICA
BAY
NORTHERN
RHODESIA
ANGOLA
(PORTUGUESE
WEST AFRICA)
MOZAMBIQUE
(PORTUGUESE
EAST AFRICA)
GERMAN
EAST
AFRICA
BELGIAN
CONGO
MADAGASCAR
NYASALAND
BRITISH
EAST
AFRICA
ABYSSINIA
(ETHIOPIA)
ANGLO-
EGYPTIAN
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PORTUGUESE
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SIERRA LEONE
LIBERIA
GOLD
COAST
TOGO-
LAND
RIO DE ORO
MOROCCO
SPAIN
PORTUGAL
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TUNISIA
UNITED
KINGDOM
FRANCE
NETHERLANDS
BELGIUM
GERMAN
EMPIRE
AUSTRIA-
HUNGARY
MONTENEGRO SERB
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ALBANIA
GREECE
ROMANIA
BULGARIA
OTTOMAN
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TRUCIAL
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QATAR
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Maldives
Réunion
Mauritius
Comoros
Cape VerdeIslands
Canary
Islands
MadeiraIslands
Azores
Ireland Britain
Balearic
Is.
Sardinia
Corsica
Sicily
Malta Crete
Cyprus
Socotra
Sao Tomé- Príncipe
Fernando Poó
DodecaneseIs.
uprisings, 1913Nationalist
Arab revolt,1891-94
Tutsi/Hutu resistance,1911-17
Bunyoro resistance,1890-98
Nandi and Guslirevolt,1895-1908
Abushiri revolt, 1888-89
Hehe revolt, 1891-98
Maji-Maji revolt, 1905-09
Revolt under Chilembwe, 1915
Arab revolt,1887-89
Matabele andMashona
insurrections, 1896
Zulu resistance,1879,1906
HottentotHerrero
uprisings,
1904-06
Somali resistance,1891-1920
Abyssinia defeatsItalians at
Adowa, 1896
Mahdist State,1881-98
Rabih revolt,1897-1900
Anyang revolt, 1904
Mande revolt underSamori, 1884-98
Ashanti resistance,1872–74,1900
Sanusi revolt,1912-31 Urabi uprising,1881-82
Dinshawayincident, 1906
Nationalist revolt,1915-16
Jallaz incident, 1911
Nationalist revolt,1898-1904
Anglo-Afghan War,1878-1880
Russo-Afghanconflict, 1885
Muslim revolt inTurkestan, 1916
Dagestani rebellion,1877–78
Easter rising, 1916
Sokoto uprising,
1906
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Spheres of Influence
Belgian
British
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
United States
Area of anti-colonial resistance
Japanese
British
French
German
Russian
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