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Belgium, France and Portugal were the three that were claiming areas in the Congo.

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What is an alternate name for the Berlin Conference?

The Berlin Conference, which took place in 1884 - 1885 is known by a couple of alternate names. One is the Congo Conference, and the other is the Berlin West Africa Conference.


What is the Berlin conference?

There are a number of things that the Berlin conference accomplished. The European nations came agreed on how to divide the African countries peacefully. The conference took place in 1885.


How did the Africans take place in the Berlin conference of 1894?

The Africans took no place in the Berlin conference. There were 14 European nations there but no African tribal leaders were present.


What did the Berlin conference accomplish?

It approved partition among European powers and agreed that future acquisitions could be gained by "effective occupation" - in other words force. What had previously been a matter largely of exploration and (usually predatory) treaty-making would henceforth be a process of armed conquest of the interior. For Congo, the conference formalised the brutal personal rule of King Leopold II and his private intermediaries.


Who established African borders of modern African nations?

The Berlin Conference which took place in the late 19th century determined many of the borders of present day Africa. Most of the borders were arbitrary and made little sense relating to potential conflict.


What are the Causes and effects of partition of Africa?

causes; explorers and missionaries increase concact, slave trade, nations competing for land, Berlin Conference. effects; eropeans establish new borders in Africa, horros in the congo, France and Britain took a big part of Africa and others also scrambled for land, Africa elite emerged.


Who took over Berlin?

Berlin, Germany.


Where did the first NAM conference took place?

The first NAM conference took place at Belgrade in 1961


Did the us invade Berlin in 1945?

Nope. Only Soviet Red Army and, to a much more lesser extent, Polish, took down and captured the citadel of Nazism. The sole credit belongs to Russia. The western allies haven't participated in this. American, British and French zones of occupation were added later, after Potsdam conference and partition of Berlin onto four parts.


Where is the Potsdam Conference held?

The purpose of the Potsdam Conference, held August 2, 1945, was to decide punishment for Germany and how to pick the pieces up in Europe after World War II. It is sometimes referred to as the Berlin Conference of the Three Heads of Government of the USSR, USA and UK.


When the yalta conference takes place?

The Yalta Conference took place in 1945 on the Crimea Peninsula.


Who did Berlin fall to?

Well technically it fell to the allies but the Russians were the army that actually took Berlin.