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Carl Peters

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Carl Peters (27 September 1856 – 10 September 1918), was a German colonial ruler, explorer, politician and author, a major promoter of the establishment of the German colony of East Africa (part of the modern republic Tanzania). [1]

58 relations: Abushiri revolt, Afrikanisches Viertel, Alfred Hugenberg, Amt Neuhaus, Askari Monument, Bad Harzburg, Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar, Barrandov Studios, Bayume Mohamed Husen, Bethel Mission, German East Africa, Borchardt C-93, Carl Engel (musicologist), Carl Peters (film), Donald A. Crosby, Early history of Uganda, Frederick John Jackson, Friedrich Lange (journalist), German colonial empire, German Colonial Society, German East Africa, German East Africa Company, Great Zimbabwe, Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Heinrich von Treitschke, Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty, Henry William Dulcken, History of Tanzania, Joachim von Pfeil, Julius Scharlach, Lüneburg, List of governors of Tanganyika, List of people on the postage stamps of Germany, Maji Maji Rebellion, Military history of Uganda, Mount Fura, Pan-German League, Peters (surname), Ratul Shankar, Reichskolonialbund, Reichskommissar, Rommel myth, Rudolf Hellgrewe, Shujaat Khan, Society for German Colonization, Tanganyika (territory), Timeline of Rwandan history, Timeline of Tanzanian history, Ulanga River, Weltpolitik, White people in Kenya, ..., Willem B. Drees, William A. Chanler, William Henry O'Swald, 1885 in Germany, 1886 in Germany, 1887 in Germany, 1888 in Germany, 1918 in Germany. Expand index (8 more) »

Abushiri revolt

The Abushiri revolt was an insurrection in 1888–1889 by the Arab and Swahili population of the areas of the East African coast which were granted (under protest) to Germany by the Sultan of Zanzibar in 1888.

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Afrikanisches Viertel

The Afrikanisches Viertel (African Quarter) is a neighborhood in Wedding, a locality of Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

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Alfred Hugenberg

Alfred Ernst Christian Alexander Hugenberg (19 June 1865 – 12 March 1951) was an influential German businessman and politician.

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Amt Neuhaus

Amt Neuhaus is a municipality in the District of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Askari Monument

The Askari Monument in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, is a memorial to the askari soldiers who fought in the British Carrier Corps in World War I. It is located at the center of roundabout between Samora Avenue and Maktaba Street, a place that reportedly also marks the exact center of downtown Dar.

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Bad Harzburg

Bad Harzburg is a town in central Germany, in the Goslar district of Lower Saxony.

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Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar

Sayyid Barghash bin Said Al-Busaid, GCMG, GCTE (1837 – March 26, 1888) (برغش بن سعيد البوسعيد), son of Said bin Sultan, was the second Sultan of Zanzibar.

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Barrandov Studios

Barrandov Studios is a famous set of film studios in Prague, Czech Republic.

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Bayume Mohamed Husen

Bayume Mohamed Husen (born Mahjub bin Adam Mohamed; 22 February 1904 – 24 November 1944) was the son of a former askari officer and served together with his father in World War I with German colonial troops in East Africa.

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Bethel Mission, German East Africa

The Bethel Mission, also known as Berlin III, Evangelische Missionsgesellschaft für Deutsch-Ostafrika (EMDOA), or Berliner Evangelische Missionsgesellschaft für Ostafrika was a Berlin-based Protestant mission initiated by Karl Peters in German East Africa with a uniert religious doctrine.

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Borchardt C-93

The Borchardt C-93 (Construktion 93) semi-automatic pistol was designed by Hugo Borchardt (1844–1921) in 1893 based upon the Maxim toggle-bolt design.

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Carl Engel (musicologist)

Carl Engel (6 July 1818 – 17 November 1882) was a German writer of music, and a collector of musical instruments.

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Carl Peters (film)

Carl Peters is a 1941 German anti-British propaganda film, directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers as the titular German colonial leader, as well as Bayume Mohamed Husen as his native guide.

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Donald A. Crosby

Donald Allen Crosby (born 7 April 1932) is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colorado State University, since January 2000.

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Early history of Uganda

The early history of Uganda comprises the history of Uganda before the territory that is today Uganda was made into a British protectorate at the end of the 19th century.

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Frederick John Jackson

Sir Frederick John Jackson, (1860–1929) was an English administrator, explorer and ornithologist.

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Friedrich Lange (journalist)

Friedrich Lange (born 10 January 1852 – 26 December 1917) was a German journalist and political activist with the Völkisch movement.

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German colonial empire

The German colonial empire (Deutsches Kolonialreich) constituted the overseas colonies, dependencies and territories of Imperial Germany.

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German Colonial Society

The German Colonial Society (Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft) (DKG) was a German organisation formed on 19 December 1887 to promote German colonialism.

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German East Africa

German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) (GEA) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, and the mainland part of Tanzania.

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German East Africa Company

The German East Africa Company (Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft, abbreviated DOAG) was a chartered colonial organization which brought about the establishment of German East Africa, a territory which eventually comprised the areas of modern Tanzania, Burundi, and Rwanda.

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Great Zimbabwe

Great Zimbabwe is a medieval city in the south-eastern hills of Zimbabwe near Lake Mutirikwe and the town of Masvingo.

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Gustav Adolf von Götzen

Gustav Adolf Graf von Götzen (12 May 1866 – 2 December 1910) was a German explorer and Governor of German East Africa.

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Heinrich von Treitschke

Heinrich Gotthard von Treitschke (15 September 1834 – 28 April 1896) was a German historian, political writer and National Liberal member of the Reichstag during the time of the German Empire.

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Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty

The Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty (Helgoland-Sansibar-Vertrag; also known as the Anglo-German Agreement of 1890) was an agreement signed on 1 July 1890 between the German Empire and the United Kingdom.

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Henry William Dulcken

Henry William Dulcken (1832-1894) was an English translator and children's writer, best known for translating the stories of Hans Christian Andersen.

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History of Tanzania

The African Great Lakes nation of Tanzania dates formally from 1964, when it was formed out of the union of the much larger mainland territory of Tanganyika and the coastal archipelago of Zanzibar.

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Joachim von Pfeil

Count Joachim von Pfeil (1857-1924) was a German explorer and colonist in Africa and New Guinea.

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Julius Scharlach

Julius Scharlach (February 12, 1842 in Bodenwerder – March 18, 1908 in Hamburg) was a Hamburg lawyer, businessman and a prominent figure in the colonial history of Germany in the late 19th and early 20th century.

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Lüneburg

Lüneburg (officially the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg, German: Hansestadt Lüneburg,, Low German Lümborg, Latin Luneburgum or Lunaburgum, Old High German Luneburc, Old Saxon Hliuni, Polabian Glain), also called Lunenburg in English, is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony.

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List of governors of Tanganyika

The colony of German East Africa was founded in the 1880s, after the German explorer Carl Peters signed treaties with native chieftains on neighboring Zanzibar.

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List of people on the postage stamps of Germany

This is a list of people on postage stamps of Germany.

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Maji Maji Rebellion

The Maji Maji Rebellion (Maji-Maji-Aufstand), sometimes called the Maji Maji War (Vita vya Maji Maji, Maji-Maji-Krieg), was an armed rebellion against German colonial rule in German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania).

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Military history of Uganda

The military history of Uganda begins with actions before the conquest of the country by the British Empire.

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Mount Fura

Mount Fura is a mountain found on old maps where the gold mines and capital of the Monomotapa kingdom was located.

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Pan-German League

The Pan-German League (Alldeutscher Verband) was a Pan-German nationalist organization which officially founded in 1891, a year after the Zanzibar Treaty was signed.

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Peters (surname)

Peters is a patronymic surname (Peter's son) of Dutch, English and Low German origin.

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Ratul Shankar

Ratul Shankar (born Ratul Shankar Ghosh) is a percussionist and actor.

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Reichskolonialbund

The Reichskolonialbund (RKB) (Reich Colonial League) was a collective body that absorbed all German colonial organisations during the time of the Third Reich.

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Reichskommissar

Reichskommissar (rendered as Commissioner of the Empire or as Reich - or Imperial Commissioner), in German history, was an official gubernatorial title used for various public offices during the period of the German Empire and the Nazi Third Reich.

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Rommel myth

The Rommel myth, or the Rommel legend, is a phrase used by a number of historians in reference to common depictions of German field marshal Erwin Rommel as an apolitical, brilliant commander and a victim of Nazi Germany due to his participation in the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler.

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Rudolf Hellgrewe

Rudolf Hellgrewe (6 October 1860 – 1935) was a landscape painter and illustrator.

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Shujaat Khan

Shujaat Husain Khan (born 19 May 1960) is an Indian musician and sitar player of the Imdadkhani ''gharana'' (school of music).

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Society for German Colonization

The Society for German Colonization (Gesellschaft für Deutsche Kolonisation, GfdK) was founded on 28 March 1884 in Berlin by Carl Peters.

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Tanganyika (territory)

Tanganyika was a territory administered by the United Kingdom (UK) from 1916 until 1961.

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Timeline of Rwandan history

This timeline of Rwandan history is a chronological list of major events related to the human inhabitants of Rwanda.

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Timeline of Tanzanian history

This is a timeline of Tanzanian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Tanzania and its predecessor states.

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Ulanga River

The Ulanga River, also known as the Kilombero River, is a river that starts in the southwest of Tanzania on the eastern slope of the East African Rift that flows northeast into the Rufiji River then to the Indian Ocean.

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Weltpolitik

Weltpolitik ("world politics") was the imperialist foreign policy adopted by the German Empire during the reign of Emperor Wilhelm II from 1890 onwards.

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White people in Kenya

White Kenyans are those born in or resident in Kenya who descend from Europeans and/or identify themselves as White.

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Willem B. Drees

Willem Bernard "Wim" Drees (born 20 April 1954) is a Dutch philosopher.

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William A. Chanler

William Astor "Willie" Chanler (June 11, 1867 – March 4, 1934) was a soldier, explorer, and politician who served as U.S. Representative from New York.

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William Henry O'Swald

William Henry O'Swald (August 23, 1832, Blankenese – May 7, 1923, Hamburg) was a Hamburg overseas merchant and Senator.

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1885 in Germany

Events in the year 1885 in Germany!.

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1886 in Germany

Events in the year 1886 in Germany.

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1887 in Germany

Events in the year 1887 in Germany.

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1888 in Germany

Events in the year 1888 in Germany.

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1918 in Germany

Events in the year 1918 in Germany.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Peters

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