After the German and Ottoman empires fell following World War I, a map closer ... idea that the Berlin Conference was a seminal event in the European partition of Africa.” Paine, and many ...

During the Berlin Conference, Bismarck directed Europe’s attention toward Africa. Held from November 1884 to February 1885, the conference brought together 14 European countries—but no African ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. By the 1870s, many European countries were looking to expand their control in Africa. At the Berlin Conference in ...