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Saturday, July 10, 2021

Basic timeline of Ivory Coast

This post is a basic timeline of the Ivory Coast. There are 10 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Ehotile, Kotrowou, Zehiri, Ega and Dies tribes (before 16th century)
• Gyaaman state (1450-1895)
• Ashanti Empire (1670-1957)
• Kong Empire (1710-1898)
• Sanwi kingdom (1740-1959)
• Ivory Coast becomes a French colony (1893)
• French West Africa (1895-1958)
• Ivory Coast gains independence (1960)
• First Ivorian Civil War (2002-2007)
• Second Ivorian Civil War (2010-2011)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Ivory Coast at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Ivory Coast.)