Tanganyika

African Great Lake

Tanganyika is the historical name for a territory in East Africa that merged with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania.

Lake Tanganyika, the world's second-deepest lake, forms part of the border between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: The expedition crossed Lake Tanganyika by steamship.

lake

cichlids

Spiny-finned freshwater fish family

endemic species · biodiversity · ecosystem · fishing · Burton · exploration · Great Lakes · East Africa · hydrology · limnology

country

Zanzibar

East African island territory

East Africa · Rift Valley · independence · sovereignty · self-rule · nationhood · republic · constitution

colonial

British Empire

Vast colonial domain

missionaries · European · annexation · territory · mandate · governance · exploitation · subjugation · resistance · colonisation

union

Tanzania

Dodoma-capital nation

1964 · amalgamation · federation · integration · consolidation · alliance · incorporation · joining

Categories
Opposites
geographic/political complementarity

TanganyikaZanzibar

East African island territory

colonial vs. post-colonial status

TanganyikaTanzania

Dodoma-capital nation

German East Africa

DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS (as mid-20th century African territory)

Tanganyikaindustrialized

Having established manufacturing economies

developed · urban · metropolitan · crowded · polluted

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G