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www.studenthandouts.com](Inc. www.studenthandouts.com)  \nTHE “DARK” CONTINENT  \n• “Dark Continent” – racist terminology referred to both the peoples of Africa and their alleged ignorance  \n• In reality, Africa has always had  \ndiverse groups of people with their own unique cultures and histories  \n– Civilizations  \n– Languages  \n– Religions  \nGEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA  \n• Continent – not a country  \n• Continent is three times larger than Europe  \n• Northern Africa – desert  \n• Mid-to-southern Africa – diverse climates and topography  \nFOREIGN HISTORY IN AFRICA  \n• Greeks controlled Egypt after conquest by Alexander the Great  \n– Ptolemaic dynasty  \n• Romans ruled all areas along the Mediterranean coastline, including northern Africa  \n– Mediterranean – “Roman lake”  \n• Arab traders converted many Africans to Islam from the 7th century  \n• Source of slaves for the Americas from the 17th century  \n• But little foreign interest in the interior of sub-Saharan Africa  \nThe “OPENING UP” OF AFRICA  \n• Mid-1800s  \n• Missionaries and explorers  \nsparked foreign interest in  \nAfrica  \nDAVID LIVINGSTONE (1813-1873)  \n• Scottish missionary  \n• 1841-1873 – lived in central Africa  \n– Explored Africa  \n• Named Lake Victoria after the British queen  \n– Converted many Africans to Christianity  \n– Wrote books on Africa which piqued foreign interest  \n• 1871 – reported “lost”  \n– “Found” by Henry Stanley  \n– “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”  \nHENRY STANLEY (1841-1904)  \n• Welsh-American reporter  \n• “Found” Dr. Livingstone in Africa  \n– “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”  \n• Explored Africa  \n– Congo River  \n– Lake Tanganyika  \n– Lake Victoria  \n• Worked with Belgium’s King Leopold II and his African colonization company  \n– International African Society  \nKARL PETERS (1856-1918)  \n• German explorer in Africa  \n• Organized and propagandized for Germany’s colonial expansion  \n– Founded the Society for German Colonization  \n• Acquired German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania)  \n• Convinced Otto von Bismarck to take over German East Africa and increase Germany’s colonies in Africa  \nCECIL RHODES (1853-1902)  \n• British businessman and politician in southern Africa  \n• Made a fortune from African diamond mines  \n• Established South African Company  \n– Land later became Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)  \n• Prime minister of Cape Colony (1890-1896)  \n– Wanted British control over South Africa  \n– Wanted Cape-to-Cairo Railroad  \n• Architect of British imperialism in southern Africa  \n– Great Britain became leading colonial power in southern Africa  \nCECIL RHODES (1853-1902)","cbCaidbAv1tAX8Fh","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidbAv1tAX8Fh","pdf",1902878,"English","# The “Dark” Continent\n## Geography of Africa\n## Foreign History in Africa\n## The “Opening Up” of Africa\n## David Livingstone\n## Henry Stanley\n## Karl Peters\n## Cecil Rhodes","[{\"question\":\"What does “Dark Continent” mean in the handout, and why is it 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