Mauritania Timeline Game
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Put the following events in chronological order.
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Read the foreign word and choose its English meaning.
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Rune Ravel
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Temporal Tangle
Can you place the key events in the correct order?
Fact Fragments
Reconstruct the key facts from this lesson.
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About This Challenge
Explore the rich history of Mauritania through this engaging timeline game. Test your knowledge of key events and their chronological order in this educational and entertaining activity.
- Learn about the founding of the ancient kingdom of Ghana
- Discover the rise and fall of the Almoravid dynasty
- Challenge yourself with the establishment of modern-day Mauritania (1960)
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- 3000 BCE: Berber tribes inhabit the area that is now Mauritania
- 8th century CE: Arab traders establish trading posts along the coast
- 11th century: The Almoravid Empire controls Mauritania
- 1904: The French establish colonial rule over Mauritania
- 1920: Mauritania becomes a French colony
- 1960: Mauritania gains independence from France
- 1961: Mauritania becomes a one-party state under President Moktar Ould Daddah
- 1981: Mauritania abolishes slavery
- 1984: Military coup led by Colonel Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
- 1973: Mauritania joins the Arab League
- 1999: Mauritania re-establishes diplomatic relations with Israel
- 2007: Mauritania holds its first democratic elections
- 2008: Military coup led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
- 2009: Mauritania holds presidential elections
- 2011: Mauritania experiences a military coup attempt
- 2017: Mauritania joins the African Union
- 2019: Mauritania holds presidential elections
- 2020: Mauritania becomes a member of the G5 Sahel regional security alliance
- 2021: Mauritania begins COVID-19 vaccination campaign
- November 28: Mauritania celebrates its Independence Day