Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47521#.VFhCjWfHRK0 Author(s) Anthony D. Coleman , Michael Garstang Affiliation(s) Battlescenes, Dundee, South Africa . Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA . ABSTRACT The causes of the Anglo-Zulu War have been seen by historians primarily in terms of the larger geopolitical issues of the mid to late 19th Century. This paper focuses upon the much smaller entities of the Utrecht District of Northern Natal and the adjacent Zulu territory which came to be known as the Disputed Territory. The Utrecht District is shown to be seriously deficient in rainfall, soils, grazing and agricultural ...
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