1-Africa

=(Africa), 1750-1914=

=Political=
 * In the 1750's, regional kingdoms ruled over most of Africa with the exception of the __Ottoman empir__e in the North
 * Most regional kingdoms fought against one another for slaves
 * In the 1900's, the __Berlin Conference__ carved up Africa into their own states
 * __Imperialism__ broke out in Africa areas from Europeans
 * Egypt became free with __Muhammad Ali's__ help but eventually was controlled by the British

=Economic=
 * Slaves were the major export for European guns
 * Slaves went to the Americas and other colonial regions
 * Later though, raw materials became the main export
 * __Cecil Rhodes__ was one of the successful business men who started the diamond and later gold trade in Africa
 * __Suez Canal__ was built in Egypt to have goods from India to be shipped faster to Europe
 * __Indentured labor__ came from all parts of the world to come to work on Africa's mines and plantations

=Religious=
 * Throughout this period Africans kept their native religions
 * Islam ruled in the north with the Ottomans and a little in the east along the coast
 * Christian missionaries came into Africa throughout this period winning converts trying to get more and more to convert to Christianity

=Social= =Intellectual= =Near Geographic=
 * White men were in power
 * Same sort of ruling system
 * As time goes on, White men became more powerful by spliting clans with their new boundaries
 * Destroyed clan groups which is called the White Man's Burden
 * Got new technologies from the Europeans like guns and later railroads
 * had well built cities at one point but either were destroyed or Europeans didn't believe Africans could make such a thing
 * Africans began to be looked down apon by __Social Darwinisms__ because white was believed by them to be better then all races of the world
 * Near Europe and later controlled by them
 * Some areas were more united then others with geography
 * The climate in Africa made life for Europeans difficult which later made life hard for the Africans
 * Social groups were defined by different geographic locations not big states that the Europeans later create which made confusion, chaos, and making unification hard for Africans