HISB51H3 Lecture 1: AFSB51 all lecture notes.docx
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This period leads to the partition of africa: still huge portions that they have not claimed control over, still the borders are not completely set just yet, even though european powers hoped to make money off of new imperial endeavors, wasn"t certain that they would, during 1870s africa accounted for more than 5% of. As john iliffe africa was partitioned because europe had capabilities to do it: had technological advances in order to conquer africa, had muskets, but then, had lots of improvements like rifles, changes the way in which warfare occurs, weaponry was not equal and more able to massacre. Ww1 (1914: really after had a better and extensive establishment of colonial rule, inter war period more formal establishment of colonial rule, partition in africa occurred really quickly and they didn"t have a plan in the initial stages in 1880s uneven and episodic.
