regional conflict

How Was Africa Partitioned By European Countries?

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How Was Africa Partitioned By European Countries? Trade in slaves and other commodities with the interior states of Africa was conducted through local middlemen. Upon the abolition of the slave trade, legitimate trade was seen as the perfect substitute and the Europeans there scrambled and partitioned Africa for political, social and economic reasons. How was

How Did The Mandates After World War 1 Create Conflict In Southwest Asia?

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How Did The Mandates After World War 1 Create Conflict In Southwest Asia? These mandates ignored traditional ethnic boundaries and lumped together many different ethnic groups. Following independence, many different ethnic groups tried to form a government or gain control of the government in the new nation they resided in, which led to conflict. What