COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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1815 Congress of Vienna
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1885 Berlin Conference
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1918 Treaty of Versailles
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1871 Treaty of Versailles
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Partition of Africa began in earnest with the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, and was the cause of most of Africa’s borders today.
Detailed explanation-2: -One thing is clear-the Berlin Conference established the legal claim by Europeans that all of Africa could be occupied by whomever could take it. It also established a process for Europeans to cooperate rather than fight with each other. This cooperation played a huge role in the division and conquest of Africa.
Detailed explanation-3: -The main objective of the Berlin conference was to maintain the point of setting up international rules for making claims to African land to maintain a strategic distance from strife between European powers. The German chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, at the intent of Portugal, first summoned the Berlin Conference.
Detailed explanation-4: -Belgium and King Leopold II controlled the Democratic Republic of Congo (Belgian Congo). Portugal took Mozambique in the east and Angola in the west. Italy’s holdings were Somalia (Italian Somaliland) and a portion of Ethiopia. Germany took Namibia (German Southwest Africa) and Tanzania (German East Africa).