Decolonization of Asia and Africa

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Decolonization_of_Asia_and_Africa

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:cause	gptkb:World_War_II rise of nationalism weakening of European powers
gptkbp:effect	rise of nationalism creation of new states civil wars economic challenges end of colonial rule border conflicts spread of independence movements
gptkbp:endDate	1975
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:Belgium gptkb:France gptkb:Italy gptkb:Japan gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:Portugal gptkb:Spain gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Decolonization of Asia and Africa
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Africa gptkb:Asia
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Gamal_Abdel_Nasser gptkb:Jawaharlal_Nehru gptkb:Jomo_Kenyatta gptkb:Mahatma_Gandhi gptkb:Nelson_Mandela gptkb:Sukarno gptkb:Patrice_Lumumba gptkb:Ahmed_Ben_Bella gptkb:Leopold_Senghor Ho Chi Minh Kwame Nkrumah
gptkbp:opposedBy	colonial powers
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Partition_of_India gptkb:Suez_Crisis gptkb:Angolan_War_of_Independence gptkb:Mau_Mau_Uprising Rwandan independence
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Cold_War gptkb:Non-Aligned_Movement gptkb:United_Nations_Charter gptkb:Declaration_on_the_Granting_of_Independence_to_Colonial_Countries_and_Peoples End of European empires
gptkbp:result	independence of Asian countries independence of African countries
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:Indian_independence gptkb:Algerian_War_of_Independence gptkb:Indonesian_National_Revolution gptkb:Congo_Crisis Ghanaian independence Vietnamese independence
gptkbp:startDate	1945
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:United_Nations
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5