When was tanzania discovered

Peters replies that there is a lagoon facing the sultan's palace in Zanzibar, deep enough for warships to anchor in. A German-British carve up: On 7 August five German warships steam into the lagoon of Zanzibar and train their guns on the sultan's palace. They have arrived with a demand from Bismarck that Sultan Barghash cede to the German emperor his mainland territories or face the consequences.

But in the age of the telegram, gunboat diplomacy is no longer a local matter. This crisis is immediately on desks in London. Britain, eager not to offend Germany, suggests a compromise. The two nations should mutually agree spheres of interest over the territory stretching inland to the Great Lakes. This plan is accepted before August is out.

The embarrassed British consul finds himself under orders from London to persuade the sultan to sign an agreement ceding the lion's share of his mainland territory, with the details still to be decided.

In September the German gunships begin their journey home. A joint Anglo-German boundary commission starts work in the interior. By November the task is done and the result is agreed with the other main colonial power, France.

The sultan is left a strip ten miles wide along the coast. The British sphere of influence is to be to the north, the German to the south. The line remains to this day the border between Kenya and Tanzania. The administration of the territory in the agreement of is handed over to Karl Peters' German East Africa Company.

The company extends its territory to the sea from , by buying a lease of the coastal strip which was left in the sultan of Zanzibar's possession. But local resentment leads to a Muslim uprising in that year which is only suppressed after the arrival of German troops assisted on this occasion by the British navy.

The inadequacy of the company causes the German government to take direct control in But Karl Peters retains his involvement, being appointed imperial commissioner. There follow two decades in which the German authorities make considerable efforts to develop their east African colony. A railway is built from Dar es Salaam to Tabora and then on to Ujiji. New crops, such as sisal and cotton, are introduced and prove very successful - as also is the development of coffee plantations on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.

While the government has tried to eliminate the flies, many areas are not safe for humans or their animals. Malaria is always a threat in the country. Soccer is the favorite sport in Tanzania. Most of the land was once savanna and bush, but today is semidesert. There is an abundance of wildlife in Tanzania.

Some of the most well-known African mammal species are native to Tanzania: wildebeest, zebra , giraffe , elephant , rhino , lion , and leopard. They are endangered due to poaching. Crocodiles and hippopotamuses can be found along riverbanks and lakeshores, and giant turtles live off the coast.

The Gombe Stream National Park is a well-known chimpanzee sanctuary where Jane Goodall did research on chimps in their natural habitat. The president is the head of the country and chief of the armed services. General elections are held once every five years. It is believed to be the birth place of humanity. Fossils found in this area include Paranthropus bones thought to be over 2 million years old, and the oldest known footprints of the immediate ancestors of humans, the Laetoli footprints, estimated to be about 3.

About 10, years ago, Tanzania was populated by hunter-gatherer communities who spoke Khoisan. They were joined by Cushitic-speaking people who came from the north about years ago. The Khoisan peoples were slowly absorbed. Cushitic peoples introduced basic techniques of agriculture, food production, and later cattle farming. About years ago, Bantu speaking people began to arrive from western Africa in a series of migrations.

They further developed iron working skills, introduced different ideas of social and political organization. Later, Nilotic pastoralists arrived, and continued to immigrate into the area through to the 18th century.

As a result Islam was introduced and due to the Arab-centric doctrine of Islam, some Arabic influences entered the language — resulting in the emergence of the Kiswahili language. The Kiswahili language continued to grow as a result of thriving trade with Arabs, Persians and Indians.

Stone tools by early man found in Olduvai Gorge-Tanzania. The British invaded again in but they were unable to defeat the Germans.

However, by the Germans in Tanzania were running out of food and ammunition so they turned to guerrilla warfare. They continued to fight until Germany itself surrendered in November After the war Tanzania was handed over to the British.

It was called Tanganyika. In Sir Donald Cameron became the first governor. In a legislative council met. Under British rule, Tanzania exported cash crops like cotton. Much was grown on European owned plantations. However, some were also grown by Africans. Meanwhile, the Africans began to organize themselves. Yet in Tanzania, the s, s, and s were fairly uneventful. However, things began to change rapidly in the s.

In it was renamed the Tanzania African National Union. The National Union participated in elections for the legislative council in and However, two-thirds of the seats were reserved for non-Africans. In that restriction was removed and in an election TANU won almost all the seats. The move to independence was now unstoppable and Tanzania became independent on 9 December with Nyerere as prime minister.

On 9 December Tanzania became a republic and Nyerere became president. Unfortunately in Nyerere adopted a policy of socialism. He made the Arusha declaration in which he outlined his vision of a socialist Tanzania. However in Tanzania, as in other countries, socialism proved to a complete failure. The cornerstone of that policy was called Ujamaa family hood. Nyerere planned to create huge collective farms. The people were encouraged to move into large villages in which food and other goods would be produced collectively for the whole community.

However, the policy proved disastrous for Tanzania. Agricultural production slumped and the Tanzanian economy was wrecked. Meanwhile, in Tanzania became a one-party state.