Zimbabwe independence
1980 · Event
Southern Rhodesia becomes the Republic of Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe, ending white-minority rule after a long bush war.
On these timelines: Sub-Saharan Africa, The Decolonisation of Africa, Master
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- Kingdom of Aksum (100)
- Reign of Menelik II (1889)
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