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How The Nile Has Changed Course Over The Past 5,000 Years

July 3, 2016 12 Comments

How The Nile Has Changed Course Over The Past 5,000 Years

Map found via reddit user stefankruithof

The map above shows how the course of the Nile river in Egypt has changed over the past 5,000 years. Additionally, it also shows settlements and Pyramid sites.

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Filed Under: Africa

South African Republic Referendum 1960

March 28, 2016 Leave a Comment

South African Republic Referendum 1960

Map created by reddit user bezzleford

On October 5 1960, South Africa held a referendum on severing its ties to the British Crown and becoming a republic.

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Filed Under: Africa Tagged With: voting

Conflict in Eastern Congo Mapped

January 18, 2016 Leave a Comment

Conflict in Eastern Congo Mapped

Map created by the Council on Foreign Relations, click for interactive version

The map above shows the location of armed groups (in green) and the areas with the number of internally displaced people (in purple) in the Eastern Congo.

The map was put together by the Council on Foreign Relations as part of their Eastern Congo InfoGuide Presentation.

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Filed Under: Africa Tagged With: congo

The True Size of Africa

September 8, 2015 6 Comments

The True Size of Africa

Map created by reddit user edtheredted using thetruesize.com

While it doesn’t look it, Africa is big, really big. In fact, Africa’s true size is 30 million square km, just under twice the size of Russia or bigger than Canada, the United States and China put together!

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Filed Under: Africa Tagged With: comparison, projections

Simplified Map Of Africa’s Religions

August 30, 2015 10 Comments

Simple-africa-religion

Map created by reddit user Kurupt4Ever

Want to understand religion in Africa? Then the map above is a good place to start. Basically, Islam dominates the North and East of the continent, while Christianity dominates the South and West, whith other native and folk religions being scattered throughout.

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Filed Under: Africa Tagged With: religion

Colonial Africa On The Eve of World War I

April 30, 2015 8 Comments

Africa in 1914

Map created by reddit user whiplashoo21

The map above shows how the African continent was divided in 1914 just before the outbreak of World War I. By this time, European powers controlled 90% of the continent with only Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and Liberia retaining independence.

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Filed Under: Africa, History Tagged With: colonialism, war


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