History of Africa, Asia and Australia: A Concise Outline

By Jack J. Kanski

Jack J. Kanski presents concise, illustrated histories covering a range of historical periods and providing readers with key information about events and people that have shaped the history of the world. In History of Africa, Asia and Australia, Kanski offers readers key information on the history of these continents. The books also contain information regarding key historical and military events and explore how individuals helped to shape the outcome of these conflicts. The reader is also presented with information regarding key historical periods and important events. Using a didactic, bullet-point format and accompanied by many colour illustrations, including paintings and maps, Kanski’s A Concise Outline series enables readers to quickly and easily absorb key information about some of the world’s most famous historical individuals and events. The books are not designed for historians, but rather will appeal to the general reader searching for concise and informative history books.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
• Release date: Mar 28, 2018
• ISBN: 9781789010367

Jack J. Kanski

Honorary Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Prince Charles Eye Unit, King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, Royaume-Uni

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History of Africa, Asia and Australia

Copyright © 2018 Jack J. Kański

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To Ron and Carol

Preface

The purpose of this book is to present the history of these three continents in a condensed form. It is hoped that the copious use of illustrations and the didactic presentation, using a bullet-type format, will enable the reader to more easily absorb the subject matter. Core historical facts have been obtained from Wikipedia and the images from Google.

Contents

1. HISTORY OF AFRICA

OVERVIEW

Carthage

Roman North Africa

Central Africa

Horn of Africa

North Africa

Southern Africa

West Africa

Scramble for Africa

French Colonies

British Colonies

Belgian Colonies

Spanish Colonies

Italian Colonies

German Colonies

Portuguese Colonies

Independent States

Decolonisation

Modern East Africa

Modern North Africa

Modern West Africa

EGYPT

Antiquity

Ptolemaic and Roman Period

Arab and Ottoman Period

British Protectorate

Republic

SOUTH AFRICA

COLONISATION

Dutch

British

GREAT TREK

GROWTH OF INDEPENDENCE

Boer Republics

Cape Colony

ANGLO-BOER WARS

First War

Second War

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA

WORLD WARS

World War 1

World War 2

DEMOCRACY

2. HISTORY OF ASIA

MIDDLE EAST

OVERVIEW

Cradle of Civilization

Levant

Assyrian Empires

Neo-Babylonian and Persian Empires

The Byzantine Empire

Islamic Caliphate

Seljuk Turks

OTTOMAN EMPIRE

Formation

Decline

Attempts at Reform

Final Years

Discovery of Oil

Partition

New States

IRAN

Pahlavi Era

Hostage Crisis

Under Khamenei

INDIA

OVERVIEW

Aryan Invasion

Mauryan Empire

Golden Age of the Guptas

Empire of Harsha

LATE CLASSICAL AGE

Empires

Islamic Intrusions

MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN PERIODS

Delhi Sultanate

Empires

EUROPEAN EXPLORATION

Western Explorers

British East India Company

RECENT ERA AND INDEPENDENCE

Rebellion

British Raj

Independence and Partition

SOUTHEAST ASIA

OVERVIEW

Colonisation

World War 2

Decolonisation

Modern Age

KOREA

Josean Dynasty

Empire

Division

Korean War

CHINA

Qin Dynasty

Han Dynasty

Sixteen Kingdoms and Eastern Jin

Southern and Northern Dynasties

Tang Dynasty

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms

Song, Liao, Jin, and Western Xia Dynasties

Yuan Dynasty

Ming Dynasty

Qing Dynasty

Republic of China

People’s Republic of China

MONGOLIAN EMPIRE

Overivew

Genghis Khan

Ögedei Khan

Batu Khan’s invasion of Kievan Rus’

Advance into Central Europe

Post-Ögedei Power Struggles

Möngke Khan

Kublai Khan

Disintegration

JAPAN

Asuka Period

Nara Period

Heian Period

Kamakura Period

Azuchi–Momoyama Period

Edo Period

Meiji Period

Taishō Period

Shōwa Period

World War 2

3. HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA

Exploration

Colonisation

Federation

World War 1

Inter-War Period

World War 2

Post-War Period

1

HISTORY OF AFRICA

Fig. 1.1

OVERVIEW

CARTHAGE

• The Carthaginians fought three wars with Rome ( Fig. 1.2 ): ( a ) First Punic War (264 – 241 BC) over Sicily; ( b ) Second Punic War (218 – 201 BC), in which Hannibal ( Fig. 1.3 ) invaded Europe; and ( c ) Third Punic War (149 – 146 BC); Carthage lost the first two wars, and in the third it was destroyed.

Fig. 1.2

Fig. 1.3

• Two centuries later, Rome brought the Berber kingdoms of Numidia ( Fig. 1.4 ) and Mauretania under its authority; the latter should not be confused with modern Mauritania ( Fig. 1.5 ).

Fig. 1.4

Fig. 1.5

• In the 420s BC, the Vandals ( Fig. 1.6 ) invaded North Africa, and Rome lost her territories, but subsequently the Berber kingdoms regained their independence.

• In the 1st century AD, Christianity spread to northwest Africa and by 313 AD the whole of Roman North Africa was Christian.

Fig. 1.6

ROMAN NORTH AFRICA

• Roman presence of North Africa remained relatively small, and the beginnings of the Roman imperial decline seemed less serious than elsewhere.

• Christianity arrived in the 2nd century and more than eighty bishops attended the Council of Carthage (256), and