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European exploratory expeditions into Central Africa (1870–1900)

1871 - 1898

16 entries

Construction, politics, and impact of the Uganda Railway (1896–1901)

1895 - 1901

12 entries

Cape‑to‑Cairo telegraph, rail and imperial communication projects (1878–1914)

1879 - 1914

15 entries

British conquest of Egypt and the Sudan (1882–1899)

1881 - 1899

16 entries

Boundary commissions and treaty-making across Africa (1885–1914)

1885 - 1914

15 entries

Berlin Conference and the formal partition of Africa (1884–1885) and immediate aftermath

1879 - 1890

12 entries

Belgian rule and administration of the Congo Free State under Leopold II (1885–1908)

1885 - 1908

13 entries

Asante resistance and wars with Britain (1873–1901)

1872 - 1902

13 entries

Anglo‑German colonial agreements and negotiations in Africa (1886–1911)

1885 - 1911

12 entries

Anglo‑French crises and agreements in Africa: Fashoda to the Entente Cordiale (1898–1904)

1898 - 1904

12 entries
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