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The conference of Berlin, as illustrated in German newspaper Die Gartenlaube The conference of Berlin, as illustrated in Illustrirte Zeitung. The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 was a meeting of colonial powers that concluded with the signing of the General Act of Berlin, [1] an agreement regulating European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period.
1881 map of Senegambia. The rivers Dubréka and Dembia debouching into the bay are labelled Sangari, with the Los Islands marked as an area of British interest.. Kapitaï and Koba (also known as Kabitai and Coba or Kobah) [1] were two areas on the coast of West Africa which were the object of German colonial initiatives in 1884 and 1885.
The Scramble for Africa [a] was the conquest and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers driven by the Second Industrial Revolution during the late 19th century and early 20th century in the era of "New Imperialism": Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
Map of the western Sahel and Sudan (northern West Africa) c. 1200. (Songhai is Gao) Kingdoms in this era were centred around cities and cores, with variations of influence radiating out from these points, borders here are estimates. The arrival of Islam in West Africa had seismic consequences for the history of the entire region.
German South West Africa (German: Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 [1] until 1915, [2] though Germany did not officially recognise its loss of this territory until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.
A map of Africa showing the continent's political systems: three monarchies (in red) and republics (in blue). Monarchy was the prevalent form of government in the history of Africa, where self-governing states, territories, or nations existed in which supreme power resided with an individual who was recognized as the head of state. [1]
The Game of Life The Haunted Mansion Theme Park Edition (2009) The Game of Life High School Edition (A.K.A. "Pink Edition") (2008) LIFE: Rock Star Edition; The Game of LIFE: It's a Dog's Life Edition (2011) The Game of LIFE: The Lorax Edition (2013) The Game of LIFE: Despicable Me (2014) LIFE: My Little Pony Edition [8] Inside Out (2015)
Political map of Southern Africa in 1885. As European powers – particularly Dutch Boers and the British – began to claim parts of southern Africa, it became apparent that expansion was imperative in order to maintain their political positions. The relationships and boundaries among them became exceedingly more complex, affecting not only ...