February 2025

Hitler’s Foreign Policy

By |2025-02-12T09:05:29+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

HItler with Mussolini the Italian Dictator

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Dictatorship in Europe: Dictatorship in Germany: Hitler Foreign Policy

  • Hitler wanted to abolish the Treaty of Versailles
  • Hitler also aimed at stopping the spread of communism
  • He also wanted to provide Germans with Living Space (Lebensraum) by conquering as many countries […]
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Methods used by Mzilikazi to establish the Ndebele State

By |2025-02-12T09:11:02+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Mzilikazi Khumalo King of the Ndebele. Image credit africanfederation.net Mzilikazi Khumalo King of the Ndebele. Image credit africanfederation.net ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:The Ndebele:Methods used by Mzilikazi to establish the Ndebele State

Mzilikazi and the Ndebele used the following methods to co-opt other tribes and form the Ndebele state North of […]

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Did the people of the Mutapa state benefit from the expansion of the state?

By |2025-02-12T09:00:43+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

An early Portuguese map showing the Mutapa state An early Portuguese map showing the Mutapa state. Image credit MediaWiki ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Mutapa State:Did the people of the Mutapa state benefit from the expansion of the state?

  • The expansion of the Mutapa state brought with it some benefits including:
  • Trade items […]
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Political Organisation of the Great Zimbabwe State

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

A view inside the Great Enclosure. Image credit zarnet.ac.zw

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Great Zimbabwe state (Kingdom): Political Organisation of the Great Zimbabwe State

  • The king ruled the state and was helped to rule by his relatives,
  • the Great wives and others selected for exhibiting high levels of allegiance and loyalty
  • […]

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Evaluation of Tshaka’s rule

By |2025-02-12T09:38:36+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Tshaka kaZulu

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Zulu State: Evaluation of Tshaka’s rule

  • Shaka was a dictator and tyrant and performed many acts of inhumanity against his people and enemies
  • Shaka used terror and fear to rule his kingdom and consolidate his power
  • However some evidence available about Shaka sparing the […]
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Portuguese who owned Prazos

By |2025-02-12T08:59:08+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Slaves working on a Prazo.

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:The Portuguese in the Zambezi Valley: Portuguese who owned Prazos

  • These are some the early Portuguese settlers who owned Prazos in the Mutapa Kingdom:
  • De Jesus Xavier
  • Jose De Araujo Lobo
  • Vicente Jose Ribeiro
  • Jose Do Rosario Andrade
  • Sebastiao Moraes Almeida
  • Joao Lobo
  • […]

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The Course of the Anglo-Ndebele War of 1893-1894

By |2025-02-12T09:41:59+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Early settler soldiers who fought in the First Anglo-Ndebele War

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:The Course of the Anglo-Ndebele War

  • The war began with serious preparations from both sides
  • Lobengula recalled his army that he had sent to Barotseland
  • He positioned them strategically in areas covering Fort Salisbury, Victoria and Bechuanaland
  • […]

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Agriculture in Rhodesia

By |2025-02-12T09:32:47+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Tobacco remains an important cash crop to this day.

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: : Zimbabwe 1894-1969: Agriculture in Rhodesia

After failing to get the desired profits and discovering the second Rand in mining, the settlers turned to agriculture

  • The European settlers did not immediately utilize the land they had acquired since […]
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