German East Africa
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German East Africa was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, the Tanzania mainland, and the Kionga Triangle, a small region later incorporated
Askari soldiers under German command in 1896
A streetscape photo of Dar es Salaam taken by Walther Dobbertin, c. 1906-1918
Fort Bagamoyo, c. 1891
1 rupie, German East Africa, 1902. Silver 917.
Tanzania
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Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest, Kenya to the northeast, the Indian O
German East Africa
…East Africa (GEA; German: Deutsch-Ostafrika DOA) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, the Tanzania mainland, and the Kionga Triangle, a small region later incorporated into Mozambique. GEA's area was 994,996 km2 (384,170 sq mi), which is nearly three…
A 1.8-million-year-old stone chopping tool discovered at Olduvai Gorge and on display at the British Museum
A 1572 depiction of the city of Kilwa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
The slave market in Zanzibar, c. 1860
Battle during the Maji Maji Rebellion against German colonial rule in 1905