British Raj

CHAPTER 25 Africa, India, and the New British Empire, 1750?1870 I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . Changes and Exchanges in Africa A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . New Africa States 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Serious drought hit the coastlands of southeastern Africa in the early nineteenth century and led to conflicts over grazing and farming lands. During these conflicts Shaka used strict military drill and close-combat warfare in order to build the Zulu kingdom. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Some neighboring Africans created their own states (such as Swaziland and Lesotho) in order to protect themselves against the expansionist Zulu kingdom. Shaka ruled the Zulu kingdom for little more than a decade, but he succeeded in creating a new national identity as well as a new kingdom.