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ID: 901001128
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001128
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Scramble for Africa (African colonization, 1880-1914)

Note: The process of invasion, occupation, colonization, and annexation of territory in the continent of Africa by European powers, late 19th to early 20th century.

Display Date: 1880-1914

Names:
Scramble for Africa (African colonization, 1880-1914) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Partition of Africa (African colonization, 1880-1914) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Named Events (P)
....<African history> (P)
........Scramble for Africa (African colonization, 1880-1914) (I)
Other Relationships:
located in .... Africa
..... ULAN Candidate
role/characteristic is .... colonization
.....(governmental functions, functions by specific context, functions (activities), Functions (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... African (general, continental cultures)
.....(styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Scramble for Africa (African colonization, 1880-1914)
................Chamberlain, Scramble for Africa (2014)
................Blunt, 1888-1900, The Scramble for Africa (1921)
................Betts, Scramble for Africa: Causes (1972)
Partition of Africa (African colonization, 1880-1914)
................Langer, Encyclopedia of World History (1980)
................Wesseling, Divide and Rule (1996)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ Langer, Encyclopedia of World History (1980)

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