The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 established guidelines for European powers to partition Africa, emphasizing that a nation could only claim territory by effectively occupying it and demonstrating control over it. Additionally, it mandated that all powers should notify others of their claims to prevent conflicts, promoting a principle of "effective occupation" to regulate the scramble for African territories.
At the Berlin Conference of 1884
The purpose of the Berlin Conference was to lay down rules regarding the division of Africa without going to war for it.
The meeting in 1884 of 14 European nations to determine rules for dividing Africa was called the Berlin Conference. At this conference, rules were established for the colonization and division of Africa among the European powers.
At the Berlin Conference of 1884
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Berlin Conference
It was the Conference of Berlin
Berlin Conference
There were two major outcomes of the Berlin conference of the 1884 and 1885. First is that the European nations were united and the second outcome was the rules that were set up on how to each would get a share of African countries to colonize.
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.
1884 - 1885. Goal was to divide up Africa between all the European nations except for Switzerland.
In Berlin