Rhodesia

Rhodesia was a state in Zambezi and Zimbabwe Plateau (Central and Southern Africa) that lasted from 1965 to 1979 CE, about 14 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Ian Smith's white minority government declared independence from Britain in 1965 to avoid majority rule. International sanctions and the guerrilla war of ZANU and ZAPU forced a settlement in 1979.

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Facts

Dates

1965 to 1979 CE

Duration

14 years

Type

State

Region

Zambezi and Zimbabwe Plateau, Central and Southern Africa

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Salisbury

Came from

• Southern Rhodesia 1923 to 1965 CE

Became

• Zimbabwe 1980 CE to the present

Neighbours in Central and Southern Africa

• Republic of South Africa (apartheid era) 1961 to 1994 CE
• Kingdom of Buganda c. 1300 to 1966 CE
• Portuguese Mozambique 1505 to 1975 CE
• Portuguese Angola 1575 to 1975 CE
• Madagascar 1960 CE to the present
• Tanzania 1961 CE to the present
• Uganda 1962 CE to the present
• Rwanda 1962 CE to the present
• Kenya 1963 CE to the present
• Angola 1975 CE to the present

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• Indonesia 1945 CE to the present, Southeast Asia
• Republic of India 1947 CE to the present, South Asia
• People's Republic of China 1949 CE to the present, East Asia
• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE, Europe

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