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Sunday, July 11, 2021

Basic timeline of Zambia

This post is a basic timeline of Zambia. There are 11 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Bantu culture arrives (300 BC)
• Mutapa kingdom (1430-1760)
• Maravi kingdom (1480-1891)
• British South Africa Company (1889-1965)
• British Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia (1899-1911)
• British Northern Rhodesia (1911-1964)
• British Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953-1963)
• Zambia Independence Act (1964)
• Rhodesian Bush War (1964-1979)
• Attempted coup d'état (1990)
• Attempted coup d'état (1997)

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