February 2025

The economic activities of Great Zimbabwe

By |2025-02-12T09:15:16+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Iron age tools. Image credit ct.gov Iron age tools. Image credit ct.gov ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Great Zimbabwe: The economic activities of Great Zimbabwe

Economic activities carried out at Great Zimbabwe

  • The people at Great Zimbabwe engaged in a variety of economic activities including:
  • hunting
  • gathering
  • mining
  • the paying and receiving of tribute
  • pottery making
  • blacksmithing (ironworks)
  • trade […]
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A List of the treaties signed by Lobengula and the whites in the 19th century

By |2025-02-12T08:58:31+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

The British Explorer Thomas Baines who signed the Baines concession. Image credit artexpertwebsite.com

The British Explorer Thomas Baines who signed the Baines concession. Image credit artexpertwebsite.comZIMSEC O Level History Notes:The Colonisation of Zimbabwe:A List of the treaties signed by Lobengula and the whites in the 19th century

  • The following treaties were signed by […]
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Religous organisation of the Great Zimbabwe State

By |2025-02-12T09:13:08+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Soapstone carvings of the Zimbabwe bird. Image credit iisd.ca

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Great Zimbabwe state (Kingdom): Religous organisation of the Great Zimbabwe State

  • The Great Zimbabwe people were very religious
  • Spirit mediums of the state were chosen from any class and this fostered unity among the people
  • The Hungwe bird […]
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Social Organisation of the Zulu State

By |2025-02-12T09:37:37+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Zulu women dancing. Image credit zululandobserver.co.za

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Zulu State: Social Organisation of the Zulu State

  • There was division of labour in the Zulu state, that is men did cattle rearing whist women did agriculture
  • Boys were taught to be aggressive whilst girls were taught to be submissive

    • […]

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Places Explored by Antonio Fernandez

By |2025-02-12T08:57:55+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

A potrait of Álvaro Fernandes. Image credit princeton.edu

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:The Portuguese in the Zambezi Valley: Places Axplored by Antonio Fernandez

  • His other name(real name) was Álvaro Fernandes
  • He was also known by the pompous title:  Pedro Fernandes de Queirós
  • This is a list of places visited by Antonia Fernandez when […]
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Major stages of Zimbabwean Colonization

By |2025-02-12T09:39:51+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

A photograph of the Rudd Concession

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:Stages of Zimbabwean Colonization

  • Moffat treaty 1888
  • Rudd Concession 1888
  • Royal Charter 1889
  • Formation of the BSAC 1890
  • Jameson’s Party to Lobengula 1890
  • The Pioneer Column 1890
  • The war of dispossession 1893-1894
  • The first Chimurenga 1896-1897

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European powers and their African colonies

By |2025-02-12T09:20:45+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

European powers and their colonies

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Scramble and Partition of Africa: European powers and their African colonies

  • Britain had the most coonies in Africa.
  • Some African countries that were not colonised by the European powers
  • These are Liberia which was a protectorate of USA and
  • Ethiopia which […]
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Towns and Secondary Industry in Rhodesia

By |2025-02-12T09:02:40+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Salisbury (Harare) in 1910

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Zimbabwe 1894-1969: Towns and Secondary Industry

  • Blacks had not been allowed in whites locations and this was protected by the Urban Location Ordinance of 1892
  • The developments in mining, agriculture and transport encouraged growth and establishment of towns, such as Bulawayo, Salisbury, […]
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