// Modern era
German Africa
- Period
- AD 1871 – AD 1918
- Duration
- approx. 47 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1911
- Area (max.)
- approx. 2.7 million km²
Period and duration
German Africa — according to the map data from AD 1871 to AD 1918, roughly 47 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
German Africa — greatest extent around AD 1911: the mapped borders then cover about 2.7 million km², roughly 1.8% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1870)
No predecessors in the map data.
After
Neighbours around AD 1911
The largest states in the region at the same time:
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1911 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- German Africa on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.