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The 99 pages that link to Scramble for Africa, each with the reason it gives.

• ColonialismBroader topic: It illustrates the expansion of territorial empire during the age of high imperialism.

• African diasporaRelated: Colonial rule later encouraged labor migration and political exile beyond the continent.

• ImperialismBroader topic: This episode made territorial rivalry a defining feature of new imperialism.

• Berlin ConferenceRelated: The scramble was a broader process; the conference was one diplomatic episode within it.

• French West AfricaNarrower topic: The federation emerged from France’s territorial expansion during this partition.

• Colonialism in AfricaBroader topic: This partition established the territorial claims that colonial administrations enforced.

• Battle of AdwaNarrower topic: Adwa stood out as a major defeat for a European power during this period.

• Cecil RhodesNarrower topic: His expansionist projects formed part of Britain’s competition for African territory.

• AfricaRelated: It imposed colonial boundaries that continue to shape the continent’s political geography.

• Horn of AfricaRelated: Colonial partition established borders and rival administrations across the Horn.

• German East AfricaNarrower topic: German East Africa emerged during this wider imperial partition.

• Menelik IIRelated: Ethiopia’s resistance under Menelik became a striking exception to European territorial conquest.

• European colonialismBroader topic: Its imposed boundaries and political arrangements shaped many postcolonial states.

• German colonial empireNarrower topic: German acquisitions formed part of this competition among European powers.

• British South Africa CompanyNarrower topic: The company pursued its charter amid competition among European powers for African territory.

• SomaliaNarrower topic: European partition divided Somali-inhabited lands among several colonial administrations.

• David LivingstoneNarrower topic: His accounts helped make central Africa a focus of European interest, though colonization followed broader forces.

• Jameson RaidNarrower topic: The raid was one episode in broader imperial competition for southern Africa.

• West AfricaRelated: Colonial boundaries created much of the modern political map of West Africa.

• Political geographyBroader topic: Colonial boundary-making created territorial divisions whose effects persist across the continent.

• French colonialismRelated: French expansion in Africa accelerated amid this competition among European powers.

• Italian EritreaNarrower topic: Italy’s creation of the colony formed part of this wider imperial partition.

• Ivory tradeRelated: Colonial rule expanded extraction networks and intensified commercial access to tusks.

• Leopold II of BelgiumNarrower topic: Leopold’s claims in Central Africa advanced during this period of imperial competition.

• Anti-colonialismRelated: The conquest intensified opposition to foreign rule across the continent.

• British imperialismBroader topic: This late imperial expansion brought much of Africa under British control.

• British protectorateRelated: Britain used protectorate claims as one way to secure territory amid rival European expansion.

• Fashoda IncidentNarrower topic: The Fashoda encounter was a flashpoint in the European contest to claim African territory.

• East AfricaRelated: Colonial partition reshaped borders and political institutions across the region.

• Italian colonialismNarrower topic: European competition framed Italy’s efforts to acquire African colonies.

• Gold CoastNarrower topic: The Gold Coast’s inland expansion formed part of this wider European partition.

• Mahdist WarNarrower topic: The war’s final phase unfolded within the wider imperial partition of Africa.

• Portuguese MozambiqueRelated: European competition accelerated Portugal’s efforts to establish effective territorial control.

• Pierre Savorgnan de BrazzaNarrower topic: Brazza’s expeditions formed part of France’s effort to claim territory during this partition.

• Sub-Saharan AfricaRelated: Its partition produced borders that cut across existing political and social landscapes.

• Anglo-French EntenteNarrower topic: Competition over African territory supplied key disputes addressed by the entente.

• First Italo-Ethiopian WarNarrower topic: Italy’s attempt to extend its colonial holdings in the region belonged to this wider expansion.

• First Matabele WarNarrower topic: The war was a Company-led conquest within the wider European partition of the continent.

• German KamerunNarrower topic: German Kamerun emerged during this broader contest for African territory.

• Great Lakes regionRelated: Colonial partition established borders that cut across older regional connections.

• Great powerRelated: Imperial competition displayed how great powers projected influence overseas.

• Maxim gunRelated: Maxim guns amplified European military advantages during the conquest of African territories.

• Portuguese GuineaRelated: International competition helped turn Portugal’s coastal claims into a territorial colony.

• Somali nationalismRelated: European partition divided Somali-inhabited regions among colonial powers.

• Southern AfricaNarrower topic: Its partitioning imposed borders and colonial regimes across the region.

• Treaty of WuchaleNarrower topic: Italy’s protectorate claim arose amid European competition for African territory.

• ColonizationBroader topic: It provides a concentrated case of competing powers formalizing territorial control.

• Halford MackinderRelated: This imperial rivalry formed part of the geopolitical setting in which Mackinder wrote.

• Ndebele KingdomNarrower topic: The kingdom’s conquest formed part of this wider imperial expansion.

• Resource extractionBroader topic: Imperial competition for territory was closely tied to control of resources and trade.