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Solomon’s Empire and Trade Routes 960 BCE
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Solomon’s Empire and Trade Routes 960 BCE
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Solomon became ruler c. 967 BCE of an empire that stretched from the River Euphrates to Egypt in the south. Solomon had great wealth and controlled the trade routes on all his borders, enabling him to tax all movement of goods. He welcomed the South Arabian Queen of Sheba to... More
Sortie of the Scharnhorstand Gneisenau 21–27 November 1939
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Sortie of the Scharnhorstand Gneisenau 21–27 November 1939
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The capital ships (battleships) Scharnhorst and Gneisenau left from Wilhelmshaven on 21 November for the strait between Iceland and the Faroe Islands, with the intention of sinking British patrol vessels. Following a spell of bad weather, on 23 November the British armed merchant ship HMS Rawalpindi was sighted on patrol... More
South Africa 1750
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South Africa 1750
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In the second half of the 17th century, the Dutch East India Company supported the development of its South African colony with the importation of slaves from Angola and Guinea. In 1700 the company permitted grazing cattle outside the settlement, which led to growth of the itinerant farmer, or Trekboer,... More
South Africa 1798–1857
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South Africa 1798–1857
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The Cape switched between Dutch and British hands during the Napoleonic Wars until 1815, when British occupation was confirmed by the Congress of Vienna. The already pronounced unruliness and wanderlust of the Dutch colonists was aggravated by the outlawing of the Dutch language (1806), and abolition of slavery (1838), on... More
South Africa 1854–1910
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South Africa 1854–1910
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The South African political landscape from 1854 onwards was characterized by diverse constantly changing borders. European colonial settlement, mainly by the British and Dutch, had created a plethora of small colonies of varying size and degrees of autonomy that existed alongside pre-existing indigenous kingdoms. The largest state in the region... More
South Africa 1878
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South Africa 1878
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In the mid-19th century the British tolerated the independent Boer republics by agreeing to a boundary between the Natal colony and Zululand. However, the discovery of diamonds at Kimberley in 1867 changed their policy. First, they annexed West Griqualand where the diamond mines were located, then proposed the Boer republics... More
South Africa c. 1650
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South Africa c. 1650
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The kingdom of Mwenemutapa grew explosively during the course of the 15th century through empire building techniques without precedent in southern Africa. These included voluntary enrolment of member states, who were rewarded with representation on the kingdom’s Great Council and buttressed by well-trained armies and an organized priesthood. Their power... More
South Africa c. 1800
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South Africa c. 1800
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While the Dutch East India Company repeatedly attempted to set boundaries for the Trekboer expansion, its oppressive bureaucracy and excessive taxation hardened their determination to expand. This brought them into conflict with the Xhosa, who often retaliated fiercely to these Boer incursions. In 1795 Napoleon took the Netherlands, and the... More
South Africa: The Great Trek 1836–46
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South Africa: The Great Trek 1836–46
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The Great Trek is the name given to the exodus of 12,000–14,000 Boers from British Cape Colony. Frustrated by the colony’s Anglicization policies, restrictions on slave labour and population pressures intensified by drought and increasing inward migration, they chose to look for better grazing pastures elsewhere. After crossing the Orange... More
South Asian Religions from 1947
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South Asian Religions from 1947
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Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka share a common history of British colonial rule, and have experienced missionary activities from Christians that date back many centuries. A Muslim majority is found in Pakistan (95%) and Bangladesh (89.5%), while Hinduism is the dominant religion in India (80.5%) and Buddhism in Sri Lanka... More
South Atlantic Coast 27 August–7 November 1861
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South Atlantic Coast 27 August–7 November 1861
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In the early months of the war, the sheltered waters of Pamlico Sound provided a perfect base for Confederate privateers to breach the Union maritime blockade and raid passing commercial shipping. To protect its raiders, North Carolina built two forts, Hatteras and Clark on a narrow island shielding the Sound.... More
South Mills 19 April 1862
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South Mills 19 April 1862
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The Dismal Swamp canal and the Pasquotank River connected Elizabeth City to the Norfolk naval base in Virginia. The Union army had intelligence that a small fleet of Confederate ‘ironclads’ (steam propelled warships) were being built at Norfolk, with the intention of destroying the Union blockade further south. The Union’s... More