Berlin Conference

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The Berlin Conference was an 1884–1885 meeting of European powers in Berlin that formalized the partition of Africa and set the rules for colonial expansion on the continent.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic summit ⓘ
international conference ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Congo Conference ⓘ
linked to: Berlin Conference

West Africa Conference ⓘ
linked to: Berlin Conference
chairperson Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
convenedBy Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
endDate 1885-02-26 ⓘ
historicalPeriod New Imperialism ⓘ
linked to: Age of Imperialism

Scramble for Africa ⓘ
hostedBy German Empire ⓘ
impact accelerated partition of Africa ⓘ
legitimized European colonial rule in Africa ⓘ
undermined African sovereignty ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
location Berlin ⓘ
notableNonParticipant Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
any African government ⓘ
participant Austria-Hungary ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Sweden–Norway ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United States ⓘ
purpose to establish rules for future colonial expansion in Africa ⓘ
to formalize the partition of Africa among European powers ⓘ
to regulate European colonization and trade in Africa ⓘ
result General Act of the Berlin Conference ⓘ
linked to: Berlin Conference

ban on slave trade in the conference area ⓘ
formalization of spheres of influence in Africa ⓘ
free navigation on the Congo River ⓘ
free navigation on the Niger River ⓘ
international recognition of the Congo Free State ⓘ
principle of effective occupation in Africa ⓘ
signedDocument General Act of Berlin ⓘ
startDate 1884-11-15 ⓘ
topic Scramble for Africa ⓘ
colonialism in Africa ⓘ
international law ⓘ
year 1884 ⓘ
1885 ⓘ

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Spanish Sahara → establishedBy → Berlin Conference ⓘ
Scramble for Africa → hasKeyEvent → Berlin Conference ⓘ
Scramble for Africa → hasKeyDocument → General Act of the Berlin Conference ⓘ
linked to: Berlin Conference
Berlin Conference → alsoKnownAs → Congo Conference ⓘ
linked to: Berlin Conference
Berlin Conference → alsoKnownAs → West Africa Conference ⓘ
linked to: Berlin Conference
Berlin Conference → result → General Act of the Berlin Conference ⓘ
linked to: Berlin Conference
Congo Free State → recognizedBy → Berlin Conference ⓘ
Congo Free State → legalBasis → General Act of the Berlin Conference ⓘ
linked to: Berlin Conference
Sovereign of the Congo Free State → legalBasis → Act of the Berlin Conference (1885) ⓘ
linked to: Berlin Conference
General Act of Berlin → alsoKnownAs → General Act of the Berlin Conference ⓘ
linked to: Berlin Conference
General Act of Berlin → concludedAt → Berlin Conference ⓘ
General Act of Berlin → followsEvent → Berlin Conference ⓘ
Treaty of Simulambuco → relatedToEvent → Berlin Conference ⓘ
Pink Map → relatedTo → Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 ⓘ
linked to: Berlin Conference
German colonial empire → significantEvent → Berlin Conference ⓘ