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The European conquest of Africa took place in the late 19th century, when European powers divided the continent at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885. The conference defined the partition of Africa among European countries such as Portugal, Germany, Great Britain, and France. Each European country that took possession of an African coast was required to notify the others so that its claims would be ratified. After the conference, treaties divided Africa among the European colonial powers, annexing.
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