The '''Berlin Conference''' was a series of negotiations from Nov. 15, 1884 to Feb. 26, 1885 at [[Berlin]], in which the major [[European]] nations met to decide questions connected with the Congo River basin in Central [[Africa]]. The Conference, at which [[Africa]]ns had no representation, resulted in the division of the African continent between the various European colonial powers. | The '''Berlin Conference''' was a series of negotiations from Nov. 15, 1884 to Feb. 26, 1885 at [[Berlin]], in which the major [[European]] nations met to decide questions connected with the Congo River basin in Central [[Africa]]. The Conference, at which [[Africa]]ns had no representation, resulted in the division of the African continent between the various European colonial powers. |