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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramble_for_Africa (not bad for a wiki entry!)Have been absolutely fascinated with this lately. Christianity, commerce, anti-slavery, scientific discovery. Whoever says the British Empire were the “bad guys” in this needs to learn history.Give me a year or two and maybe I'll be the WCF expert on David Livingstone et al.
That's interesting – I know the Portuguese occupied the land near modern-day Nigeria (Benin) as early as the late fifteenth century, but in that map the British have it cornered.
This was more about the second period of imperialism during the European abolishment of slavery and just prior to WWI. I'm just surprised at how long it took them to explore the interior regions of Africa. Still, the amount of bravery required to do this is remarkable considering the natives, Muslims, and known diseases and hazards involved plus the number of explorers before them who just disappeared without a trace.
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I removed the links above, but you can see how spammers are sneaky sometimes. The original post above was from June 29, and the edit mark on the bottom shows it was changed on July 24. I presume that we never would have let it fly for her to post links like that, which means she inserted them at the time of her edit – when few humans would see because the thread was old.
Spammers become clever and cleverThat's perhaps why some just copy/paste quotes to get in, a kind of tunnel warfare
I wonder if the spammers have a mastermind who plans these things out. They must…too intelligent for robots to do on their own.
One of the most dramatic events of the late 19th century in Africa was the Fashoda Crisis that almost led to war between France and Great Britain yet ultimely led to the entente. I have encounter only a rare few who know what it was.
I have heard of the Fashoda Incident yet must admit that about all I know of it is the name. It is my understanding that the Entente was a result of British & French recognition that Germany was greater to either of them than they were to each other. The second Moroccan Crisis being a case in point.
