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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[File:H3 Mount Kilimanjaro.jpg | [[File:H3 Mount Kilimanjaro.jpg|thumb|200px|Mount Kilimanjaro.]] | ||
===Geography=== | ===Geography=== | ||
The East African Protectorate contains many different environments including savannas,{{Ref/Level|H3|[[Tsavo Highway]]}} jungles,{{Ref/Level|H3|[[Sierra 117]]}} and beaches.{{Ref/Reuse|zanzibar}}{{Ref/Level|H2|Outskirts}} The member states of Kenya and Tanzania are physically linked together through the [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]].<ref name="encyc296">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', Earth, p. 284-285, (2009); p. 296-297 (2011 edition)</ref> | The East African Protectorate contains many different environments including savannas,{{Ref/Level|H3|[[Tsavo Highway]]}} jungles,{{Ref/Level|H3|[[Sierra 117]]}} and beaches.{{Ref/Reuse|zanzibar}}{{Ref/Level|H2|Outskirts}} The member states of Kenya and Tanzania are physically linked together through the [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]].<ref name="encyc296">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', Earth, p. 284-285, (2009); p. 296-297 (2011 edition)</ref> | ||
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===Human-Covenant war=== | ===Human-Covenant war=== | ||
{{Main|Battle of Mombasa|Second Battle of Mombasa|Battle of Kenya}} | {{Main|Battle of Mombasa|Second Battle of Mombasa|Battle of Kenya}} | ||
[[File:LC 002 Doc Recon.png|thumb | [[File:LC 002 Doc Recon.png|thumb|200px|The Portal, excavated by the Covenant during the Battle of Earth.]] | ||
During the final months of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2552#October|late 2552]], the East African Protectorate became the site to key battles which determined the outcome of the war. Over the course of the [[Battle of Earth]] despite many other [[Covenant]] forces were deployed all across the [[planet]],{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: Ghosts of Onyx}}{{Ref/Comic|Halo: Uprising}} the [[Truth's fleet|Covenant]] under the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s command concentrated most of their forces in East Africa as they excavated long-buried [[Forerunner]] [[the Portal|Portal]] structure, invading and occupying a large portion of the surrounding area in the process.{{Ref/Book|Book=Halo Mythos|Page=117}}{{Ref/Film|Id=waypoint|Film=Halo Waypoint|Story=Ten Twenty|StoryLinkText=Ten Twenty}} | During the final months of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2552#October|late 2552]], the East African Protectorate became the site to key battles which determined the outcome of the war. Over the course of the [[Battle of Earth]] despite many other [[Covenant]] forces were deployed all across the [[planet]],{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: Ghosts of Onyx}}{{Ref/Comic|Halo: Uprising}} the [[Truth's fleet|Covenant]] under the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s command concentrated most of their forces in East Africa as they excavated long-buried [[Forerunner]] [[the Portal|Portal]] structure, invading and occupying a large portion of the surrounding area in the process.{{Ref/Book|Book=Halo Mythos|Page=117}}{{Ref/Film|Id=waypoint|Film=Halo Waypoint|Story=Ten Twenty|StoryLinkText=Ten Twenty}} | ||