It includes coastal deserts, deeper into the mountains, and further into the great desert. The Tang Dynasty people were unwilling to go to this ghostly place, and the Europeans were not very willing to colonize it.
So this area is a large no-man's land.
Further south in the no-man's land is the South African City Wall. This wall is also the official border line of South Africa. The overall direction is not straight, but runs from southwest to northeast.
This is mainly to use natural terrain such as rivers, deserts, and mountains for blocking, and also to include the gold mines in the northeastern part of South Africa.
The Orange River is the blocking line in the west, and the Alligator River is in the west. The middle area between the two rivers is a large area of desert.
The natural terrain can be used to reduce the workload of the city wall, so in most areas, there are no city walls, only some scattered strongholds. Simple city walls only appear on flat terrain, but this kind of city wall does not have military defense.
The value is said to be a city wall, but in fact it is just an ordinary wall. If the natives want to climb over the wall, they can just grab something and put their feet on it.
And because it is too extensive, except for some river sections and areas near gold mines that can be patrolled, most other places cannot be visited a few times a year.
How should I put it? The symbolic significance of this city wall is greater than its practical significance.
Further south of the city wall is the South Africa region of the Tang Empire.
It's just that most of the vast areas in South Africa are now uninhabited places. The only areas that have been developed are the plains near the Port of South Africa and the gold mines in the northwest and surrounding areas.
Many of the remaining places are large expanses of wilderness, enough to ensure that after the natives come over, they can walk hundreds of kilometers without seeing any human habitation!
This is the no man’s land created by the Tang Dynasty!
But in any case, these places belong to the territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty. The Spanish, Portuguese and Southern Luanda area is close to the South Africa of the Tang Dynasty, which is of great benefit to the future.
On the east coast of Africa, there are also a large number of colonies of indigenous countries.
As for the east coast of Africa, the Red Sea coastal area in the north is the North African state directly under the jurisdiction of the Red Sea Affairs Office of the Tang Empire.
An area extends from the Egyptian state in the north and the canal zone to the south, all the way to the easternmost tip of the Somali Peninsula, an area called the Red Sea Cape (Assel Cape) by the Tang Dynasty people, including the Cape Island (Sokot) on the side.
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It's just that the Tang Dynasty's control in North Africa was superficial. They only controlled a few coastal strongholds, and they were all developed in recent years. The purpose was very simple, just to control the shipping channel of the Red Sea.
The large inland area south of North Africa is the land reserved for the six Ottoman countries, mainly Ethiopia and Somalia.
In order to facilitate the migration of these Ottomans, the Tang Dynasty even designated six small areas along the Red Sea coast of North Africa for the six Ottoman countries.
This was to make it easier for the Ottomans to migrate and also to give them an outlet to the sea. However, the coastal area allocated to them was very small. After all, it was close to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The empire still attached great importance to this area, so it was given to them.
Each has an outlet to the sea, and other coastal areas are still under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty North Africa State.
This narrow coastal area of North Africa is now intended to be a closed protection zone to prevent indigenous intruders from threatening the security of the Red Sea.
For the Tang Empire, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden were much more important than the Somali Sea. This was not only because the Red Sea was long and slender. If you were going from the coast of North Africa to the West Asian Peninsula, you could just find a sampan and paddle across it.
Large-scale smuggling situations are prone to occur.
More importantly, the security of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden is related to the security of the routes connecting the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean.
With the opening of the Suez Canal, the importance of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden has increased dramatically. This is why the empire has increased its control and development of the southern coast of the Red Sea in recent years.
However, there are still a large number of indigenous people in this place. This is why the Tang Empire temporarily opened the coastal passage in North Africa to allow the Ottomans to enter, making it more convenient for them to land from here, saving migration costs and time, and at the same time
Let the Ottomans clean up the indigenous people here a little bit.
After cleaning up, it will be easier to seal off this long and narrow area of North Africa.
The six Ottoman states occupied a large area of Northeast Africa.
In the south of the six Ottoman countries, that is, in the northern part of South Somalia, this was a colony designated by the Tang Empire to the Safi Dynasty.
To the south of the Safi Dynasty's colony was the Tang Dynasty's Mogadishu.
This place has always been an important port in Northeast Africa. It was controlled by Portugal during the period, and it was also controlled by the Tang Dynasty.
Even now that the Suez Canal has been opened and a large number of ships are heading to Europe via the Red Sea, Suez Canal, and Mediterranean Sea, this place and several important port cities on the east coast of Africa are still important.
According to the African policy of the Tang Empire, it was also necessary to continue to control some important coastal areas, especially ports with relatively good conditions.
Coastal port areas on the east coast of Africa such as Malindi, Mozambique, and Sofala further south, and several coastal port areas on the west coast of Africa, such as the Gold Coast of Ghana, Luanda, Cape Verde, and a series of archipelagos such as the Islands and Bioko Island.
All this is due to this situation.
The above-mentioned areas are not for immigration, but to rely on the port to control the surrounding areas and provide port services at the same time.
The northern Kenyan area south of the Tang Dynasty and part of southern Somalia were colonies assigned to the Mughal Kingdom. Although the Mughal Kingdom was almost over, many people in the Tang Dynasty actually still had some feelings for the Mughal Kingdom.
I have a good impression, mainly because this kingdom is very good, but the Tang Empire has tricked people many times behind their backs, so this time it is somewhat compensatory and allocates a fairly good area to them, and its coastal areas are quite good.
, the place is also big.
In terms of territory, it is better than the territory of the Safi Dynasty.
Further south from the Mughal Dynasty was Madizhou in the Tang Dynasty.
It's just that the current area of Madi State is already very small, limited to Madi City and the surrounding coastal areas. A coastal area in the south has been successively allocated to twelve Central African countries to serve as an outlet.
Originally, the empire's relocation policy for the twelve Central African countries in the early years was only for inland areas. However, it was later discovered that if this was the case, the development of the twelve Central African countries would be difficult. More importantly, although theoretically all coastal areas belonged to the Tang Dynasty,
, but in fact it is still controlled by the local indigenous people.
Later, the restrictions on coastal areas were simply relaxed, and coastal areas were proactively allocated to the twelve countries, thus forming the current structure of the twelve Central African countries.