b. Iran (Persia)

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e. Southern Africa
1. North of the Limpopo
1945–60
Economic development led to large-scale urbanization and wage labor in Zambia and Rhodesia, leading to the development of a stable urban population of workers and families, accompanied by the rise of bureaucratic and professional elites.	1
1947
African trade unions were first formed in Northern Rhodesia.	2
1948
Seretse Khama married Ruth Williams in London, but the Ngwato people refused to accept him as their chief because of his marriage to an Englishwoman.	3
Constitutional reforms in Northern Rhodesia extended appointments on the legislative council to five years.	4
1950
Out of a population of about 5 million, only 4,353 assimilados lived in Mozambique.	5
1950–56
Successful organization by Copperbelt miners in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) led to a wave of strikes in 1956.	6
1951
Six white members of the Southwest Africa House of Assembly took seats in the South African Parliament.	7
1953
Increased political activity in opposition to the proposed federation of Central Africa between Nyasaland and the two Rhodesias. Rev. Michael Scott preached nonviolent opposition to the federation.	8
1954
Rhodesian University College was founded.	9
1955
Africans were admitted to the legislative council in Nyasaland.	10
1956
A state of emergency was declared in Northern Rhodesia, following miners' strikes.	11
Pres. Craveiro Lopes of Portugal visited Mozambique. Its administrative districts were reorganized.	12

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