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===Trade===
===Trade===
== History ==
== History ==
For Thousands of years, African's just sat aroun d doing nothing and waiting for the white people to show up. "When will the white people show up?" they asked, "so history can begin!"
===Colonization===
===Colonization===
European nations held the [[Berlin Conference]] in 1884-1885 in order to decide how best to colonize Africa. Ethnic and cultural differences within Africa were ignored, and lines of demarcation were drawn to aid the European nations in this effort. All of Africa, except for Ethiopia (which resisted Italian control in 1896) and Liberia, was divided and colonized by the European nations.
European nations held the [[Berlin Conference]] in 1884-1885 in order to decide how best to colonize Africa. Ethnic and cultural differences within Africa were ignored, and lines of demarcation were drawn to aid the European nations in this effort. All of Africa, except for Ethiopia (which resisted Italian control in 1896) and Liberia, was divided and colonized by the European nations.