Inhabited in Paleolithic and Neolithic times, the region was an important conglomeration of native states by the 14th century but became a British protectorate in 1894.

• 在旧石器和新石器时期就有人居住，这个地区到14世纪为止是土著国家的一个重要的联合政体，但在1894年成了英国保护地。