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1880 BCE
1880s–1914 – The Scramble for Africa
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1914–1918 – World War I and its Aftermath
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1935–1941 – Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
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1945 – End of World War II & Start of Decolonization
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1950s–1970s – Independence Movements & Decolonization
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1951 – Libya becomes the first African country to gain independence after WWII.
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1956 – Sudan, Morocco, and Tunisia gain independence.