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Assab Becomes Italian Colonial Possession

Italy · House / House of Italy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1882Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1882

Umberto I1882

Assab · House / House of Italy

The Assab foothold becomes an early base of Italian expansion in Eritrea.

Names involved

Umberto I

Provenance

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