41. Madagascar - History Sample madagascar history Worksheet Reading Comprehension Worksheets 3 For much of madagascar s history, the Malagasy people were left alone, http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_Geography_232_1.html

Sample Madagascar - History Worksheet Reading Comprehension Worksheets edHelper.com Subscribers: Build a printable worksheet with the complete story and puzzles Build a proofreading activity With just one subscription, you will have access to the math, spelling, vocabulary, and critical thinking worksheets! Sign up now for the subscriber materials! Madagascar - History By Ekaterina Zhdanova-Redman What would you do if people, who didn't look like you, didn't speak your language, and had very different ideas about how to live invaded your country? Would you try to live with them, learn from them and adopt some of their culture? Or would you try to throw them out and return to your own way of life? These are questions that the Malagasy (the people of Madagascar) have tried to answer in different ways throughout its history. The earliest Malagasy lived on the island between 1,500 and 2,000 years ago. The earliest Malagasy were a mixture of people, some from Africa, others from India and other parts of Southeast Asia. Early settlers from Southeast Asia brought with them rice farming, a practice that is widespread in today's Madagascar. For much of Madagascar's history, the Malagasy people were left alone, largely free of outside influence. Traders from Arab lands used Madagascar as a stopping point along trade routes. Today, there are ruins of Arab forts in Madagascar that date back to the 9th century.

42. AllRefer.com - Madagascar : History : Early History To The End Of Native Monarch AllRefer.com reference and encyclopedia resource provides complete informationon madagascar history Early history to the End of Native Monarchy, http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/M/Madagasc-history.html

AllRefer Channels :: Health Yellow Pages Reference Weather September 23, 2005 Medicine People Places History ... Maps Web AllRefer.com You are here : AllRefer.com Reference Encyclopedia Madagascar Political Geography ... Madagascar By Alphabet : Encyclopedia A-Z M Madagascar, Madagascar Political Geography Related Category: Madagascar Political Geography Madagascar u Pronunciation Key History- Early History to the End of Native Monarchy The earliest history of Madagascar is unclear. Africans and Indonesians reached the island in about the 5th cent. A.D. , the Indonesian immigration continuing until the 15th cent. From the 9th cent., Muslim traders (including some Arabs) from E Africa and the Comoro Islands settled in NW and SE Madagascar. Probably the first European to see Madagascar was Diogo Dias, a Portuguese navigator, in 1500. Between 1600 and 1619, Portuguese Roman Catholic missionaries tried unsuccessfully to convert the Malagasy. From 1642 until the late 18th cent. the French maintained footholds, first at Taolagnaro (formerly Fort-Dauphin) in the southeast and finally on Sainte Marie Island off the east coast. Radama I In 1883 the French bombarded and occupied Toamsina (then Tamatave), and in 1885 they established a protectorate over Madagascar, which was recognized by Great Britain in 1890. Rainilaiarivony organized resistance to the French, and there was heavy fighting from 1894 to 1896. In 1896, French troops under J. S. Gallieni defeated the Merina and abolished the monarchy.

43. Madagascar - HISTORY madagascar history. madagascar. THE REPUBLIC OF madagascar, formerly known asthe Malagasy Republic and the Democratic Republic of madagascar, http://www.mongabay.com/reference/country_studies/madagascar/HISTORY.html

COUNTRY STUDIES Madagascar - HISTORY Madagascar - HISTORY Madagascar THE REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR, formerly known as the Malagasy Republic and the Democratic Republic of Madagascar, has undergone significant socioeconomic and political changes during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Occupying a strategic location off the southeast coast of Africa, the island historically became the target of British and French imperial ambitions. Ultimately, the competition resulted in French colonization at the end of the nineteenth century. The country gained full independence from colonial rule on June 26, 1960. Philibert Tsiranana headed the conservative regime of the First Republic, which was superseded in 1975 by a Marxist-oriented military regime under Lieutenant Commander Didier Ratsiraka. In the face of rising political dissent and socioeconomic decline that reached its height at the beginning of the 1990s, the Second Republic succumbed to the wave of democratization spreading throughout the African continent. On March 27, 1993, the inauguration of Albert Zafy as the third elected president of Madagascar since independence marked the beginning of the Third Republic. Madagascar Madagascar - Precolonial Era, Prior to 1894

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45. Travel In Antananarivo Madagascar - History Antanarivo history. In 1500, explorer Diego-Diaz set out to uncover a port of The people of madagascar respect such legends, or fady, and today keep http://www.africatravelling.net/madagascar/antananarivo/antananarivo_history.htm

Antanarivo - History In 1500, explorer Diego-Diaz set out to uncover a port of call along the "Spice Route" to India; what he found was the country of Madagascar, today the world's leading producer of cloves and vanilla. A more romantic interpretation of the country's beginnings is the belief that when the Godnwanaland exploded, an enormous slice was set loose to float adrift in the Indian Ocean. The people of Madagascar respect such legends, or "fady," and today keep alive the "vintana," a religious calendar which defines the occupations for each day of the week. Moreover, with its proximity to the Indian Ocean trade routes, the country was once a veritable haven for many of the legendary pirates of the seven seas. Stories of swashbuckling scoundrels and buried treasure are an interwoven part of the nation's history. A kaleidoscope of 12 million residents of African, Arabian and Eastern blood, this southern African country is the world's fourth largest island. At the center of activity is the capital city of Antananarivo, nestled under the massive (8,671 ft) Ankaratra Mountains. click to go back

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you are here home Africa Madagascar History Madagascar, History The people of Madagascar are believed to be descended from Indonesians and Africans who reached the island in ancient times. Diogo Dias, a Portuguese sea captain bound for India in 1500, was the first European to sight the island. During the 17th century the Portuguese, the English, and the French successively and unsuccessfully attempted to colonize Madagascar. deeper links French Encroachment Movement Toward Independence Ratsiraka’s Rule new child node added last search this website :: site map privacy legal

47. Madagascar (09/05) PEOPLE AND history madagascar s population is predominantly of mixed Asian and The written history of madagascar began in the seventh century AD, http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5460.htm

Bureau of Public Affairs Electronic Information and Publications Office Background Notes Bureau of African Affairs September 2005 Background Note: Madagascar PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Madagascar Geography Area: 592,800 sq. km. (228,880 sq. mi.). Cities: Capital Antananarivo (pop. about 1,300,000). Other cities Antsirabe (about 500,000), Mahajanga (about 400,000), Toamasina (about 450,000). Terrain: Mountainous central plateau, coastal plain. Climate: Moderate interior, tropical coasts. People Nationality: Noun and adjective Malagasy. Population (mid-2003, World Bank estimate): 16,900,000. Annual population growth rate (1997-2003, World Bank): 3.0%. Ethnic groups: 18 Malagasy tribes; small groups of Comorians, French, Indians, and Chinese. Religions: Traditional beliefs 47%, Christian 45%, Muslim 7%. Languages: Malagasy (official), French. Education: Years compulsory Attendance Literacy Health: Infant mortality rate Life expectancy 55 yrs. Work force (2000): 8 million. Agriculture industry Government Type: Republic.

48. Madagascar Fauna Group history MFG Home Page Contact the MFG Address madagascar Fauna Group, c/oSaint Louis Zoo, 1 Government Drive, St. Louis MO 63110 USA http://www.savethelemur.org/about-history.htm

How Did the MFG Start The Madagascar Fauna Group is an international consortium of zoos and related organizations, pooling their talents and resources to work together in one of the world's most endangered places, Madagascar. The MFG was formed following a 1987 meeting at St. Catherine's Island (Georgia, USA), at which Malagasy government officials asked the international zoo community for assistance with habitat protection, species propagation, research, and training. The meeting was convened by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) of IUCN. The institutions present included Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Mulhouse and the Strasborg consortium, the Duke University Primate Center , and several US zoos. These institutions became the founding members of the Madagascar Fauna Group, which was formalized in 1988. Today, the MFG now has

49. A History Of Madagascar Until the publication of Sir Mervyn Brown s recent history of madagascar, This new book, A history of madagascar, is divided into five parts. http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/iiasn7/iswa/ellis.html

New publication A History of Madagascar Madagascar is home to one of the worldþs less widely known human cultures. Situated in the Indian Ocean, over 400 kilometres from the coast of Mozambique, it cannot really be said to be part of Africa, especially as Malagasy cultures, and particularly the Malagasy language, have more in common with Asia, and specifically Indonesia, than they do with Africa. By Stephen Ellis Inasmuch as malgachisants - as academic specialists are known - have had a background in area studies, it has tended to be a grounding in Africa rather than Asia. This is rather paradoxical, for not only is the Malagasy language of the Malayo-Polynesian group, but it is generally believed that Madagascarþs earliest immigrants were probably of Indonesian origin, and subsequent influences have been assimilated into what is still sometimes recognizable as an Indonesian-related culture. Despite the existence of a number of excellent works on the Malagasy language, it has been relatively little studied by specialists of Asia who may find in Malagasy culture, and in the language especially, clues as to the history of some Asian languages which have developed from common roots. Just as Madagascar has been the preserve of specialists in the academic world, so it has also in the business and commercial world. Madagascarþs economy has stagnated since the early 1970s, and it is rarely the subject of international attention for this reason. Periodic attempts to build a tourist industry have not led to the development of mass tourism, and, in general, those outsiders who have personal knowledge of the island remain rather few in number.

50. Flag Of Madagascar - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia The colors of the flag represent madagascar s history, yearning for independence,and traditional classes. Red and white were the colors of the Merina http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Madagascar

Flag of Madagascar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Madagascar was adopted on October 14 , two years before independence, as Madagascar prepared for a referendum on its status in the French Community The colors of the flag represent Madagascar's history, yearning for independence, and traditional classes. Red and white were the colors of the Merina kingdom, which succumbed to France in . They were used in the flag of the last Merina monarch, Queen Ranavalona III . They may indicate the ethnic origins of the Malagasy people in Southeast Asia , and are shared by the flag of Indonesia Green was the color of the Hova , the prominent class of peasant commoners, that played an important role in anti- French agitation and the indedependence movement. National flags List of national flags List of national coats of arms Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Madagascar Categories National flags Madagascar Views Article Discussion Edit this page History Personal tools Create account / log in Navigation Main Page Community portal Current events Recent changes ... Donations Search Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages ... Permanent link In other languages Deutsch Espa±ol Italiano Nederlands ... Svenska This page was last modified 14:02, 22 September 2005.

51. Country: Madagascar | EThemes | EMINTS This site covers madagascar s history, culture, the environment, and things to do.The introduction section warns travels of the recent problems facing the http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000681.shtml

About eMINTS Communities Equipment eThemes ... eThemes Country: Madagascar Contact eThemes@emints.org if you have questions or comments about this resource. Printer-friendly version Please preview all links before sharing in class with students. Title: Country: Madagascar Description: Learn about the island of Madagascar, which lies east of the African mainland. Topics include the culture, economy, environment, food, and more. There are online games, photographs, recipes, and ideas for classroom activities. Grade Level: Resource Links: The Living Edens: Madagascar This PBS documentary on Madagascar provides information on the animals and habitat of the area. An online quiz and lesson plans are included. eThemes Resource: Cooking Around the World Learn about different types of food served in various countries, including recipes, traditional manners, table etiquettes, etc. eThemes Resource: Geography: Countries View maps for the different countries of the world. See pictures of a particular country's inhabitants and landscape or read information on its history, culture, and currency. CIA: World Factbook Follow the links at the top to learn about Madagascar's people, government, economy, and military. Includes a picture of Madagascar's flag.

52. History Of Madagascar Provides a history of madagascar from the 1500s until recent times. http://www.historyofnations.net/africa/madagascar.html

History of Madagascar Site Links Home Search this Site History Posters Africa ... Privacy Policy The written history of Madagascar began in the seventh century A.D., when Arabs established trading posts along the northwest coast. European contact began in the 1500s, when Portuguese sea captain Diego Dias sighted the island after his ship became separated from a fleet bound for India. In the late 17th century, the French established trading posts along the east coast. From about 1774 to 1824, it was a favorite haunt for pirates, including Americans, one of whom brought Malagasy rice to South Carolina. Beginning in the 1790s, Merina rulers succeeded in establishing hegemony over the major part of the island, including the coast. In 1817, the Merina ruler and the British governor of Mauritius concluded a treaty abolishing the slave trade, which had been important in Madagascar's economy. In return, the island received British military and financial assistance. British influence remained strong for several decades, during which the Merina court was converted to Presbyterianism, Congregationalism, and Anglicanism. The British accepted the imposition of a French protectorate over Madagascar in 1885 in return for eventual control over Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania) and as part of an overall definition of spheres of influence in the area. Absolute French control over Madagascar was established by military force in 1895-96, and the Merina monarchy was abolished.

53. Madagascar Country Guide - History And Government - World Travel Guide Provided World Travel Guide madagascar - Overview, Visa and Passport requirements,vacation advice, holiday guide, international travel, travel agent, http://www.worldtravelguide.net/data/mdg/mdg580.asp

OAS_sitepage = URL + '/Africa/Madagascar/HistoryandGovernment'; document.write('Research Madagascar hotels at TripAdvisor'); Contact Addresses General Information Passport/Visa Money ... Madagascar Madagascar History and Government History: According to local legend, the island was first inhabited by the Vazimba, a race of white pygmies. These people, if they existed, were displaced by successive waves of Polynesian migrants from the Malayo-Indonesian archipelago, from as early as the sixth century AD. In the ninth century, Madagascar was a major trading power in the western Indian Ocean. Moreover, ancient ruins indicate an extensive Arab presence on the island around that time. Bantu tribes from mainland Africa later settled on the west coast. The first Europeans arrived in the mid-17th century. Several French settlements were established on the south-east coast but were destroyed within 30 years. At the time, Madagascar supported several kingdoms along its coastline and, in the central highlands, the kingdom of the Merina, which was the dominant ethnic group. From their fortress city of Antananarivo, the 19th-century kings gradually conquered the coastal kingdoms and by 1830 most of the island was under unified Merina control. The success of the Merina was partly due to a well-worked strategy of playing off rival European colonists against each other: in particular, the British and the French. However, the UK – with copious commitments elsewhere – was content by the end of the 19th century to leave the southern Indian Ocean to the French. Without a counter-balancing power, Madagascar was vulnerable to French takeover, which duly occurred in 1896 when the Merina kingdom was overthrown by a French military force.

54. MADAGASCAR VISION Guide Internet Voyage Culture Découverte De Madagascar Discover the regions, the cities, fauna, flora, history, the culture, the traditions, the transportation, the ethnography, the art, music in 3D views. http://www.madagascar-vision.com/

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55. Country Study Madagascar Social Studies Country Profile madagascar A general overview including history, madagascar A good overview of madagascar, history, government, statistics and http://www.archaeolink.com/country_studies_madagascar_histo.htm

Madagascar People History Culture Home Afghanistan Social Studies Albania Social Studies Algeria Social Studies ... Vietnam Social Studies You may find additional information about the country of your choice in the sections for Archaeology Anthropology or Ancient Civilizations Madagascar Tourism Please Note: If you sometimes get an error message when clicking on a large text link, don't give up. Try the URL link instead. There are times when the large text link doesn't "take" for some reason, thus the built-in redundancy. Thank you. CIA - The World Factbook Madagascar A detailed look at Madagascar including history, culture, political structure, economy and many other topics. - From US Central Intelligence Agency - http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ma.html Country Profile: Madagascar A general overview including history, political structure, culture, leaders, media, and more. "Madagascar is the world's fourth biggest island after Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo. Because of its isolation most of its mammals, half its birds, and most of its plants exist nowhere else on earth." - illustrated - From BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1063208.stm

56. The History Of Madagascar View information on the history of madagascar and other world countries. http://www.factrover.com/history/Madagascar_history.html

Home All Countries World Newspapers US Newspapers The History of Madagascar Below is a brief history of Madagascar. To find information other than history for Madagascar then visit the Madagascar Country Page Madagascar Government Madagascar People Madagascar Geography ... Madagascar Economy Madagascar History Madagascar's population is predominantly of mixed Asian and African origin. Recent research suggests that the island was uninhabited until Indonesian seafarers arrived in roughly the first century A.D., probably by way of southern India and East Africa, where they acquired African wives and slaves. Subsequent migrations from both the Pacific and Africa further consolidated this original mixture, and 18 separate tribal groups emerged. Asian features are most predominant in the central highlands people, the Merina (3 million) and the Betsileo (2 million); the coastal people are of more clearly African origin. The largest coastal groups are the Betsimisaraka (1.5 million) and the Tsimihety and Sakalava (700,000 each). The Malagasy language is of Malayo-Polynesian origin and is generally spoken throughout the island. French is spoken among the educated population of this former French colony. English is becoming more widely spoken and in 2003 the government began a pilot project of introducing the teaching of English into the primary grades of 44 schools, with hopes of taking the project nationwide.

57. Journal Of Women's History, Volume 12 - Table Of Contents Women missionaries madagascar history 19th century. Missions, Norwegian madagascar history 19th century. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_womens_history/toc/jowh12.2.html

Journal of Women's History 12.2, Summer 2000 Contents Editor's Note Abstracts Books Received Contributors Articles McGarry, Molly. Spectral Sexualities: Nineteenth-Century Spiritualism, Moral Panics, and the Making of U.S. Obscenity Law [Access article in HTML] [Access article in PDF] Subjects: Spiritualism Social aspects United States History 19th century. Obscenity (Law) United States History 19th century. Comstock, Anthony, 1844-1915. Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927. Abstract: Bucur, Maria. Between the Mother of the Wounded and the Virgin of Jiu: Romanian Women and the Gender of Heroism during the Great War [Access article in HTML] [Access article in PDF] Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Women Romania. Marie, Queen, consort of Ferdinand I, King of Romania, 1875-1938. Teodoroiu, Ecaterina, 1894-1917. Abstract: This article adds new depth to understanding the gendered dimension of the Great War experience on the eastern front by focusing on one of the smaller participants in the conflict and a latecomer to the experience of total war: Romania. Bucur examines how the image of two famous women, Queen Marie and Ecaterina Teodoroiu, functioned to construct normative gender roles and definitions of heroism, at the expense of making invisible the actions of most other women. In this process, notions of patriotism, heroism, and virtue came to reinforce and encode gender divisions in a more well-defined public debate than ever before, as both policy makers and publicists sought to construct agency as a male prerogative. By making this aspect of the war visible, Bucur's analysis also engages the wider question of how Romanian politicians, publicists, and civilians understood the meaning of this total war and sought to mobilize for it.

58. A Short History Of Madagascar The written history of madagascar began in the seventh century AD, when Arabsestablished trading Search Google for another short history of madagascar http://www.abacci.com/atlas/history.asp?countryID=255

59. Madagascar: Map, History And Much More From Answers.com (Click to enlarge) madagascar (Mapping Specialists, Ltd.) Mad·a·gas·car ( mad ?gas k?r ) (Formerly Mal·a·gas·y Republic ( mal ?-gas e )) An. http://www.answers.com/topic/madagascar

showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Government ... More... On this page: Dictionary Encyclopedia Map Local Time Geography Dialing Code Currency Stats Anthem WordNet Wikipedia Translations Best of Web Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Madagascar Dictionary (Click to enlarge) Madagascar (Mapping Specialists, Ltd.) Mad·a·gas·car măd ə-găs kər (Formerly Mal·a·gas·y Republic măl ə-găs An island country in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Africa comprising the island of Madagascar and several small islands. It was originally peopled by Indonesian and African groups around the end of the first century B.C. The French first established settlements on the island in 1642 and made it a colony in 1896. The country gained full independence as the Malagasy Republic in 1960 and was renamed Madagascar in 1975. Antananarivo is the capital and the largest city. Population: 17,500,000 . Mad a·gas can var tcdacmd="cc=edu;dt"; Encyclopedia Madagascar măd əgăs c¤r ) , officially Democratic Republic of Madagascar, republic (1995 est. pop. 13,862,000), 226,658 sq mi (587,045 sq km), in the Indian Ocean, separated from E Africa by the Mozambique Channel. Madagascar is the world's fourth largest island. The country also claims several small islands including Juan de Nova, Europa, the Glorioso Islands, Tromelin, and Bassas da India. The capital and largest city is

60. History Of Madagascar Comprehensive online resources about the history of the country of madagascar. http://history1900s.about.com/library/world/blxmadagascar.htm

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