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Yes. They were industrialised. And they had 56 number of colonies so they controlled all the major sea routes for trading.
Algeria is in Africa and lies next to Libya. It was a French colony once upon a time.
The Canary Islands, off the west coast of Africa, are still controlled by Spain. Madeira Island also lays off of Africa's west coast and is controlled by Portugal.
The Canary Islands, off the west coast of Africa, are still controlled by Spain. Madeira Island also lays off of Africa's west coast and is controlled by Portugal.
The Canary Islands several hundreds miles off the west coast of Africa are still under the control of a European power. The nation of Portugal exerts governmental control over them.
It was supposed to hurt England economically. Its goal was to reduce the economic power of Britain by preventing England from trading with the European continent.
Liberia was the only country in West Africa to not be colonized by a European Power as it already had a "legitimate" Western-style government.
The bomb had the power to destroy the city completly.
One reason for the Vasco da Gama trip around Africa and to India was that it was in Portugal's (and every other European trading power's) interest to find a way around the Ottoman Empire.
They managed to mapower according to the emperor's wish.
that the mughal thought the other countries were as powerful or more powerful than them.
Kush remained a great trading power for some 600 years.