HIST-UA 651 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Indian Rebellion Of 1857, Menelik Ii, Congo River
2 Sep 2016
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From the 1500s through the 1700s, difficult geography and disease prevented european traders from reaching the interior of africa. Medical advances and river steamships changed all that in the 1800s. Catholic and protestant missionaries sought to geography but had little understanding of the win people to christianity. Most took a people they met. paternalistic view of africans. 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 european nations. 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 african territory without fighting amongst themselves. European powers partitioned almost the entire african continent. Europeans met armed resistance across the continent: algerians battled the french for years.
