Berlin Conference
1884–1885 · Event
European powers and the United States meet without African representatives to agree rules for trade and colonial claims in Africa, accelerating the wider partition of the continent.
On these timelines: The Scramble for Africa, Germany, Master, Sub-Saharan Africa, United Kingdom (combined)
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