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history of Guinea, a survey of the important events and people in the history of Guinea. Located on the Atlantic coast in western Africa , Guinea is rich with natural resources, and farming has been practiced there for some three millennia.
History of Guinea. The modern state of Guinea did not come into existence until 1958, but the history of the area stretches back well before European colonization. Its current boundaries were determined during the colonial period by the Berlin Conference (1884–1885) and the French, who ruled Guinea until 1958.
Guinea is named after the Guinea region which lies along the Gulf of Guinea.It stretches north through the forested tropical regions and ends at the Sahel.The English term Guinea comes directly from the Portuguese word Guiné which emerged in the mid-15th century to refer to the lands inhabited by the Guineus, a generic term for the black African peoples south of the Senegal River, in contrast ...
Apr 14, 2023 · Some key dates in Guinea's history: What is now Guinea was on the fringes of key West African empires. 300-1100 - The Ghana Empire. During this period Islam arrives in the region via North...
May 14, 2018 · A chronology of key events in the history of Guinea, from the late 1800s to the present
The History of Guinea. Mohamed Saliou Camara. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.626. Published online: 29 May 2020. Summary. Like most of post-colonial African nation-states, Guinea is the product of Europe’s colonial partition of the continent at the Berlin Conference of 1884–1885.
