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==Resources== | |||
===Online Resources=== | |||
*[https://www.britannica.com/place/Swaziland Encyclopaedia Britannica] Eswatini History, Geography and Settlement Patterns. | |||
*[http://www.infoplease.com/country/swaziland.html Info Please] Eswatini History and Government. | |||
*[http://www.everyculture.com/Sa-Th/Swaziland.html Every Culture] Eswatini Orientation, History and Ethnic Relations. | |||
*[http://www.cumorah.com/index.php?target=view_country_reports&story_id=71 Eswatini] | |||
*[http://people.ucalgary.ca/~nurelweb/papers/irving/ELPHINK.htm Hesham,Irving and Poewe, Karla. Christianity in Central Southern Africa Prior to 1910] | |||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
The Swazi migrated into this area in the last half of the eighteenth century. The independence of the Swazi was guaranteed in 1881 and 1884 by the British government and the government of the South African Republic. From 1903 the governor of Transvaal administered the territory. | The Swazi migrated into this area in the last half of the eighteenth century. The independence of the Swazi was guaranteed in 1881 and 1884 by the British government and the government of the South African Republic. From 1903 the governor of Transvaal administered the territory. | ||
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1906 - 1968 British rule over Swaziland<br> | 1906 - 1968 British rule over Swaziland<br> | ||
2018 - King Mswati III announced that the Kingdom of Swaziland had renamed itself the Kingdom of Eswatini, reflecting the extant Swazi name for the state Eswatini, to mark the 50th anniversary of Swazi independence<br> | 2018 - King Mswati III announced that the Kingdom of Swaziland had renamed itself the Kingdom of Eswatini, reflecting the extant Swazi name for the state Eswatini, to mark the 50th anniversary of Swazi independence<br> | ||
== References == | |||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Eswatini]] | [[Category:Eswatini]] | ||
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