HST 504 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Berlin Conference, The Arab Awakening, Balkans
22 Jun 2017
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New imperialism: the race for empire in africa: european merchants had become increasingly interested in gaining control over the. African interior: (cid:862) (cid:272)ra(cid:373)(cid:271)le for afri(cid:272)a(cid:863) massive colonial expansion over 3 decades, by the europeans, vast areas of the african interior would provide not only raw materials and wealth, but would also serve as new markets. Vegetable oils and ivory were quickly supplanted by the (cid:862)(cid:373)i(cid:374)eral re(cid:448)olutio(cid:374)(cid:863) the discovery of wild rubber, diamonds (in 1870s) and gold (in. Overwhelmed by an array of challenges, and ruled by a theocratic system, it was slow to reform and modernize: secondly, given its extensive size, the ottoman empire came into conflict with many. European great powers that were making (direct and indirect) claims on its spheres of influence and even territories: thirdly, the ottoman empire was also torn apart from the inside by its many ethnicities and religions. In the summer of that year, a revolution broke out in the.
