COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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setting up democracies
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bringing Islam to the African people
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acquiring animals for European zoos
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protecting trade and transportation routes
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Detailed explanation-1: -It began with the Portuguese, who went to West Africa in search of gold. The first Europeans to come to Africa’s West Coast to trade were funded by Prince Henry, the famous Portuguese patron, who hoped to bring riches to Portugal.
Detailed explanation-2: -Due to several technological and cultural advantages, Portugal dominated world trade for nearly 200 years, from the fifteenth to the sixteenth century.
Detailed explanation-3: -European exploration of Sub-Saharan Africa begins with the Age of Discovery in the 15th century, pioneered by the Kingdom of Portugal under Henry the Navigator.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first traders to sail down the West African coast were the Portuguese in the 15th century. Later the Dutch, British, French and Scandinavians followed.