HIST-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Indian Rebellion Of 1857, Menelik Ii, Congo River
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Missionaries: catholic and protestant missionaries sought to win people to christianity. They urged africans to reject their own traditions in favor of western civilization. King leopold ii of belgium sent explorers to the congo river basin to arrange trade treaties with african leaders. King leopold"s activities in the congo set off a scramble among other. Before long, britain, france, and germany were pressing for rival claims to the region. At the berlin conference, european powers agreed on how they could claim. European powers partitions almost the entire african continent. The zulus in southern africa and the asante in west africa battled the. Eat africans fought wars against the germans. In ethiopia, king menelik ii modernized his country. Ethiopia was the only nation, aside from liberia, to preserve its independence. Section 3 the european challenges to the muslim world. By the 1700s, all three muslim empires were in decline.
