Southern African Peoples

At present, this is primarily a stub, since I have only the vaguest idea of Southern African peoples.

   

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History

Nations such as Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Malawi Zimbabwe, Zambia, Lesotho, and Namibia are being examined.

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Prehistory

The prehistory of South Africa, Mozambique, and Madagascar has not yet been well examined.

Early prehistory including Plioene history, early Pleistocene history, early mid Pleistocene history, late mid Pleistocene history, and late Pleistocene histor can be connected. Middle prehistory including the period beginning 50,000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,000 years ago can be connected. Late prehistory including the early 8th millennium BC, late 8th millennium BC, early 7th millennium BC, late 7th millennium BC, early 6th millennium BC, and late 6th millennium BC can be connected.

Antiquity

I have no details of the 5th millennium BC including the early 5th millennium BC, the early mid 5th millennium BC, the mid 5th millennium BC, the late mid 5th millennium BC, or the late 5th millennium BC. I have no details of the 4th millennium BC including the early 4th millennium BC, the early mid 4th millennium BC, the mid 4th millennium BC, the late mid 4th millennium BC, or the late 4th millennium BC. I have no details of the 3rd millennium BC including the early 3rd millennium BC, the early mid 3rd millennium BC, the mid 3rd millennium BC, the late 3rd millennium BC, or the late 3rd millennium BC. The 2nd millennium BC including the early 2nd millennium BC, the early mid 2nd millennium BC, the mid 2nd millennium BC, the late mid 2nd millennium BC, and the late 2nd millennium BC can be connected. I do not yet have details of the early 1st millennium BC including the 10th century BC, the 9th century BC, the 8th century BC, the 7th century BC, or the 6th century BC.

Classical and Medieval history of South Africa and other modern nations can be considered. I know little of early classical history of what is now South Africa during the 5th century BC, the 4th century BC, the 3rd century BC, the 2nd century BC, or the 1st century BC. For late classical times, I also know little of what is now South African in the 1st century CE, the 2nd century CE, the 3rd century CE, the 4th century CE, or the 5th century CE. For early medieval times, I lack information on peoples of South Africa in the 6th century, 7th century 8th century, 9th century, and 10th century. In Late medieval times, I lack information on South Africa and Mozambique. I also do not yet have details of the 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 14th century, or 15th century.

Modern history of South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Malawi, and Zimbabwe through the 16th century including the early 16th century, early mid 16th century, mid 16th century, late mid 16th century, late 16th century can be examined. The 17th century including the early 17th century, the early mid 17th century, the mid 17th century, the late-mid 17th century, and late 17th century can be connected. The 18th century including the early 18th century, early mid 18th century, mid 18th century, late-mid 18th century, and late 18th century can be connected.

In the 19th century, South Africa came under control of the British. Details of the early 19th century and early mid 19th century can be connected. The mid 19th century including the early 1840s, late 1840s, early 1850s, and late 1850s can be considered. The late mid 19th century including the early 1860s, late 1860s, early 1870s, and late 1860s can be considered. The late 19th century including the early 1880s, late 1880s, early 1890s, and late 1890s can be examined.

In the 20th century, Southern Africa has become more significant in world affairs. Mozambique, Madagascar, and Malawi gained their independence. The early 20th century including the early 1900s, late 1900s, early 1910s, and late 1910s can be considered. The early mid 20th century including the early 1920s, late 1920s, early 1930s, and late 1930s can be connected. The mid 20th century including the early 1940s, late 1940s, early 1950s, and late 1950s can be considered. The late-mid 20th century including the early 1960s, late 1960s, early 1970s, and late 1970s can be connected.

The late 20th century including the early 1980s can be examined. The late 1980s including events of 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990 can be connected. The early 1990s including events of 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995 can be connected. The late 1990s including events of 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 can be connected.

Connections to current events of the early 21st century will be useful. South Africa, Mozambique, and Madagascar are important in this period. The early 2000s including 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 can be examined.

Events of the late 2000s including 2006 and 2007 are useful. 2008 including the first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, and fourth quarter can be considered. Events of 2009 can be connected.

Events of 2010 can be connected. Events of the first quarter 2010 including January 2010, February 2010, and March 2010 and the second quarter 2010 can be considered.The third quarter 2010 can be connected. The fourth quarter 2010 and events of October 2010 and November 2010 can be connected. December 2010 and events of 2010 week 49, 2010 week 50, 2010 week 51, 2010 week 52, and 2010 week 53 can be considered.

The early 2010s can be connected. 2011 can be connected. The first quarter 2011 can be connected. January 2011 including 2011 week 1, 2011 week 2, 2011 week 3, 2011 week 4, 2011 week 5, and 2011 week 6 can be connected. February 2011 including 2011 week 6, 2011 week 7, and 2011 week 8 can be connected. March 2011 including 2011 week 10, 2011 week 11, 2011 week 12, 2011 week 13, and 2011 week 14 can be connected.

The second quarter 2011 including April 2011 and May 2011 can be connected. June 2011 including 2011 week 23, 2011 week 24, 2011 week 25, 2011 week 26, and 2011 week 27 can be connected.

The third quarter 2011 including July 2011 can be connected.

The future of peoples such as those of South Africa including the near future, middle future, and far future is obscure.

Other Sociology

Other peoples of the world

Nations that can be connected include:

Other nations that can be connected include Spain, Sudan, Tanzania, Poland, Kenya, Morocco, Algeria Canada, Afghanistan, Uganda, Nepal.

Other African peoples

Other African peoples including those of Congo DR can be connected. East African peoples including those of Ethiopia can be connected. West African peoples including those of Nigeria can be connected.

Western Civilization

Argentina can be connected. Anglic peoples including the United Kingdom can be connected. Anglo-American peoples of the United States can be connected. Latin peoples including those of Colombia can be connected. French peoples including those of France can be connected. Hispanic peoples including those of Mexico can be connected. Lusitanic peoples including those of Brazil can be connected. Italic peoples including those of Italy can be connected. Germanic peoples including those of Germany can be connected. Northeast European peoples including those of Ukraine can be connected. Russia can be connected.

Asiatic peoples

Asiatic peoples including those of Burma can be connected. Middle Eastern peoples including those of Iran can be connected. Egypt can be connected. Turkey can be connected. South Asian peoples including those of Bangladesh can be connected. India can be connected. Pakistan can be connected. Southeast Asian peoples including those of Thailand can be considered. Mainland Southeast Asian peoples such as those of Vietnam can be connected. The Southeast Asian Archipelagoes including the Philippines can be connected. Indonesia can be connected. Oriental peoples including those of South Korea can be connected. China can be connected. Japan can be connected.

American Indian peoples

American Indian peoples including those of Argentina can be connected. Middle American Indian peoples of Mexico seem to be weakly connected. Southwest American Indian peoples such as those of the southwestern United States can be connected. North American Indian peoples of the United States seem to be weakly connected. South American Indian peoples such as those of Colombiamay be significant. Amazonian peoples such as those of Brazil can be connected.

This includes various communities such as:

Social structure and change

Social change including social change processes and social change factors can be considered. Particular changes including the agricultural revolution and agrarian revolution can be connected. The industrial revolution including the early industrial revolution, middle industrial revolution, and late industrial revolution can be connected. Social change factors including institutional change, cultural change, demographic change, and natural change can be connected.

Social types such as hunting and gathering societies, horticultural societies, agrarian societies, and industrial society can be connected. Social structure including community and regional structure, class structure, institutional structure, cultural structure, and anthropological structure can be connected.

Institutions

Religion including religious organization, religious practice, and religious belief can be connected. Religious traditions including Abrahamic religion, pagan religion, Secularism, and Asiatic religions can be connected. Government including particular governments, government activity, government structure, and law can be connected. Economics including economic systems, industries, and economic activity can be connected. Education including schools, educational organization, cultural institutions, teaching, and research can be connected. Families including particular families, kinship, parenting, and marriage can be connected.

Culture

Behavioral culture including cultural events, recreation and entertainment, occupations, and customs can be connected. Conceptual culture including philosophy, applied science, mathematics, litertature, graphic arts, and language can be connected. Material culture including miscellaneous artifacts, communications technology, transportation technology, clothing and dress, foodstuffs, building technology, and industrial technology can be connected.

Anthropology including social foundations, demography, and physical anthropology can be connected. Particular groups can be connected. Human geography including African geography can be connected. Human ecology including human effects on the environment, relations with other life, and environmental effects on people can be connected.

Personal studies including the human body, psychology, and biography can be connected. Science including biology, earth science, astronom, chemistry, and physics can be connected.


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