Fashoda Incident

by Eckert, Andreas

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The Fashoda Incident of 1898 followed the Berlin Conference (also called the Congo Conference) of European diplomats in 1884–5, which played a decisive role in the partitioning of Africa. The picture of Africa being divided up like a birthday cake at this conference, as often presented in the literature, is not entirely correct. In fact, the meeting’s primary purpose was to avoid future crises among the imperial powers over Africa. In the following three decades (until the outbreak of the First…

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The Fashoda Incident of 1898 followed the Berlin Conference (also called the Congo Conference) of European diplomats in 1884–5, which played a decisive role in the partitioning of Africa. The picture of Africa being divided up like a birthday cake at this conference, as often presented in the literature, is not entirely correct. In fact, the meeting’s primary purpose was to avoid future crises among the imperial powers over Africa. In the following three decades (until the outbreak of the First World War), European states generally avoided armed

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei2000

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eng Islam

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Eckert, Andreas

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