HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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90%
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9%
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60%
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30%
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Detailed explanation-1: -Over 90 percent of Africa had been claimed by a colonial power by 1914, with only Ethiopia and Liberia free of European control.
Detailed explanation-2: -By 1914, 90% of Africa had been divided between seven European countries with only Liberia and Ethiopia remaining independent nations.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the space of just 20 years, 90 percent of Africa was brought under European occupation. Europe had captured a continent. Europe was in the throes of the Industrial Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -When the slave trade abated by 1870, a new era in sub-Saharan Africa began: the age of colonialism. By 1914, European powers controlled almost 90 percent of the continent, often through the use of unmitigated violence.