By Thomas Lowell

Elizabeth Moore

Nick Pisani

Inhabitants Indonesians settled about 2000

years ago

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Settlers Pull Factors: trading area Farm land Animals to hunt Arabs set up trading post in 800 A.D and

conquered the Indonesians because of Madagascar’s great location next to the Indian Ocean.

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Historical Events Portuguese sea Capitan discovers

Madagascar- 1500 A.D. France proclaims to protect Madagascar- 1885 French declares Madagascar theirs-1896 Madagascar Gains independence-1960

Citations History Orb, . "Today in Madagascar." HistoryOrb.com. 2009.

Web. 23 Nov 2009. <http://www.historyorb.com/countries/madagascar>.

Library of Congress, . "A Historical Timeline for Madagascar." Wild Madagascar. 1994. Countries Studies Publications, Web.

19 Nov 2009. Fenn, Mark, and Flavien Rebara. "Present Migration

Tendencies and Their Impacts in Madagascar's Spiny Forest Ecoregion." Questia. 2003. Web. 23 Nov 2009. <http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5002583581>.