Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914The partition of Africa was one of the most spectacular episodes in modern history. For Europeans, Africa was still an unknown continent in 1880. Thirty years later almost all of it was under European control. This race for colonies went hand in hand with a host of thrilling exploits and dramatic conflicts, of which Stanley's exploration of the Congo and Gordon's death in Khartoum are just two examples. |
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... Territory French Territory The Congo after the Berlin Conference German Territory Sultanate of Zanzibar The Niger question having been put out of the way , the conference could turn its attention to the region that was really at issue ...
... territory . He would then go on to state that he was ceding all the rights flowing from that sovereignty to his friend , sometimes referred to as his blood brother , Peters . The deeds were always in German , and there was only one copy ...
... territory south of the Zambezi without British consent . That clause , after all , questioned the status of Portugal as a sovereign state . The Cortes accordingly refused to ratify the treaty , the government fell , and a number of ...
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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 H. L. Wesseling,H. W. Wesseling No preview available - 1996 |