1. SOUTH AFRICA AND BRAZIL- PARALLEL HISTORIES/ BRASIL E ÁFRICA DO SUL- HISTÓRIAS PARALELAS
1- 3 millionyearsago
Australopithicus
africanus
10 0 000- 1.5 million
yearsago
Homo erectus
25 000- 27 000 years
ago
earliestSouthAfrican
rock art
c. 2000 yearsago
San hunter- gathers
acquire firstlivestockin
Botswana,move into
westernSouthAfrica

2. c. AD 100- 300
1st iron-working
farmersmove south
of the LimpopoRiver
c. AD 300- 400
iron- working
farmersmove into
Natal
c. AD 1100- 1300
late Iron Age
Mapungubwe society,
trade links with Arabia,
Persia,India
c. AD 1300- 1450
Great Zimbabwe
developstrade links
withPersia,China

3. 1488
Bartolomeu Dias
arrives at the Cape
of Good Hope
1498
Vasco de Gama sails
to India via the Cape
1652
Dutch establisha
refreshment station
at Cape Town
1658
First slaves
importedinto the
Cape
1789
First Spanish merino
sheepimportedinto
the Cape
1795
First British
occupationof the
Cape of GoodHope
1500
Pedro Álvares
Cabral arrives in
Brazil
1532
São Vicente is the
first Portuguese
settlement inBrazil
1553
Governor- General
Duarte da Costa
introduces sugar
cultivation
1624
Dutch seize control
of Salvador
1701
Gold is discovered,
the beginning of
Ouro Preto
1727
Francisco de Melho
Palheta begins
coffee cultivation

4. 1806
SecondBritish
occupationof the
Cape of Good
Hope
1807
The slave trade is
abolishedinthe
BritishEmpire
1834
Slaveryis abolished
throughout the
BritishEmpire
1851
Sugar cultivation in
the Colonyof Natal
begins
1854
The Cape Colony
receives
representative
government
1867
Diamonds are
discoveredin South
Africa
1725
Diamonds are
discoveredin Minas
Gerais
1762
The capital is moved
from Salvadorto Rio
de Janeiro
1808
The Portuguese
royal court and
government moves
to Rio
1822
Brazil declares its
independence from
Portugal
1831, 1845
The Brazilianslave
trade is abolished
1888
The Lei Áureaor
"GoldenLaw"
abolishes slaveryin
Brazil

5. 1872
The Cape Colonyis
grantedresponsible
government
1886
Gold is discovered
on the
Witwatersrand
1910
The Unionof South
Africa
1931
South Africa
receives
independence
1948
NationalParty
begins the policyof
apartheid
1994
South Africa holds
first democratic
election
1889
Brazil is declareda
republic.
1897
The first favala is
established inRio
de Janeiro
1930
Vargas overthrows
the republic,
establishes the
Estado Novo
1964
Brazilian military
seizes control ofthe
government
1988
New constitution,
the Contituição
Cidadã, comes into
effect
1989
Free elections
restore democracy

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História de Portugal de AdéritoTavares e ArlindoM. Caldeira, Lisboa: Editorial o Livro
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Africa Ltd., 1994
A Dictionary of South African History by ChristopherSaunders and NicholasSouthey, Cape Town and Johannesburg:David Philip PublishersLtd.,2001
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History of SouthernAfrica by KevinShillington,Harlow,England: Longman Group UK, Ltd., 1987
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