Polity · 1885 CE – 1960 CE
British Africa
- Peak recorded area
- 11,754,800 km²
- 1919 CE
- Data series
- 10
- 1900 CE–1950 CE
Overview
The Scramble for Africa was the invasion, conquest, and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers which were driven by the Second Industrial Revolution during the late 19th century and early 20th century during the era of "New Imperialism". Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom were the contending powers.
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Territory
38 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1960 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Community Size6 obs · 1900 CE–1950 CE | 1ordinal1950 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Agriculture Intensity7 obs · 1900 CE–1950 CE | 1ordinal1950 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Agriculture7 obs · 1900 CE–1950 CE | 0ordinal1950 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Fishing7 obs · 1900 CE–1950 CE | 0ordinal1950 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Gathering7 obs · 1900 CE–1950 CE | 8ordinal1950 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Hunting7 obs · 1900 CE–1950 CE | 2ordinal1950 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Husbandry7 obs · 1900 CE–1950 CE | 0ordinal1950 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Jurisdictional Hierarchy7 obs · 1900 CE–1950 CE | 1ordinal1950 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Political Succession6 obs · 1900 CE–1950 CE | 1ordinal1950 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Development
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Class Stratification7 obs · 1900 CE–1950 CE | 1ordinal1950 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock)Ethnographic Atlas (D-PLACE 2.3)
Kirby, K.R. et al. (2016). D-PLACE: A Global Database of Cultural, Linguistic and Environmental Diversity. PLoS ONE 11(7).
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British Africa is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.