Polity · 1871 CE – 1918 CE
German Africa
- Peak recorded area
- 2,669,920 km²
- 1911 CE
- Data series
- 10
- 1890 CE–1910 CE
Overview
Germany colonized Africa during two distinct periods. In the 1680s, the Margraviate of Brandenburg, then leading the broader realm of Brandenburg-Prussia, pursued limited imperial efforts in West Africa. The Brandenburg African Company was chartered in 1682 and established two small settlements on the Gold Coast of what is today Ghana.
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Territory
13 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 1918 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 Size2 obs · 1900 CE–1910 CE | 1ordinal1910 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Agriculture Intensity3 obs · 1890 CE–1910 CE | 1ordinal1910 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Agriculture3 obs · 1890 CE–1910 CE | 0ordinal1910 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Fishing3 obs · 1890 CE–1910 CE | 0ordinal1910 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Gathering3 obs · 1890 CE–1910 CE | 6ordinal1910 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Hunting3 obs · 1890 CE–1910 CE | 4ordinal1910 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Husbandry3 obs · 1890 CE–1910 CE | 0ordinal1910 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Jurisdictional Hierarchy3 obs · 1890 CE–1910 CE | 1ordinal1910 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Political Succession3 obs · 1890 CE–1910 CE | 4ordinal1910 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Development
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Class Stratification3 obs · 1890 CE–1910 CE | 1ordinal1910 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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German Africa is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.