Why did europeans control such a small portion of africa in the 1800s ?

the Europeans had such little land because they hadn't sparked an interest in Africa yet. The Europeans did not know about the Gold and Diamonds in the African soil.

- "the past is made of multitudinous items ranging from anything that can be collected, recollected or assessed to originate in the past. as such, the past is a gallimaufry of particulars that may not have been related in any way. however, the human mind seeks organization to understand concepts and other things. the human mind therefore seeks relationships in explaining and studying the past. history being a humanity, dictates that historians have to serve this human trait by bringing structure to details of the past. historians do this by creating interpretive frameworks that capture as many details as possible."

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b: to eliminate competition from other farmers