Effects Of Imperialism In Africa And In The Middle East

Ever heard the saying big bank take little bank ? That’s basically what imperialism is. Imperialism is a policy which a strong nation take complete control over other countries . This is exactly what the Europeans did in several different parts of Africa . Not only did the Europeans divided and colonized Africa but they took everything away ,from their culture to their independence. Why take all this away ? It’s simple , the Europeans nations was competing against each other and they thought they were superior. They noticed Africa had many raw materials and resources they could use and benefit from. The driving force for imperialism in Africa was economics , competition , and politics.

The Europeans colonized colonized many parts of the world but the most colonized was the continent Africa. The European explorers started imperializing Africa after exploring into the interior of Africa and finding the resources that African countries had. What is imperialism? Imperialism is the policy of taking control of another country. There were three main reasons for European imperialism in Africa: Political reasons, technology, and economic reasons.

In the late 1800’s Europeans took over Africa, took their resources,enslaving the Africans, and changed the course of history. The Europeans took over Africa, which is called The Scramble For Africa, in 1884-1914. The Europeans took over because Africa was rich in raw materials, they wanted power, and they thought their culture was superior. The driving force behind imperialism was need for resources, political competition, and technological advances. One driving force behind imperialism was need for natural resources. Document E uses a bar graph to show imports and exports in 1854, and 1900 between Great Britain and South Saharan Africa. Great Britain made 3 million British pounds in 1854, and 21

Imperialism is defined as one country’s domination of the political, economic, and social life of another country. In Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, imperialism was present and growing. The main countries involved in the imperialism in Africa were the French, German, and Great Britain. The French’s empire was mainly in North and West Africa while Britain’s colonies were scattered throughout the continent. Germany ruled over such countries as Tanganyika, Togoland, and Cameroon, until their defeat in World War I.

Imperialism is defined as a policy of extending a country 's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. Countries during the Industrial Revolution wanted to imperialize due to social, political, and economic reasons. As early as the mid 1800’s, the European countries craved the idea of power and conquering new lands in order to obtain resources/raw materials. They took over Africa, the Ottoman Empire, India, and Southeast Asia due to this as well as for their convenient location. They believed that the more land one owns, the stronger the country would be. Although some can argue the fact that imperialism had a detrimental effect because these countries lost their culture and independence, the end result of this was definitely more positive than negative both short term and long term. These countries would not be as thriving today if this had not happened. European Imperialism in parts of the Middle east, Africa, and Asia had more of a positive impact on the world due to education, modernization, healthcare/sanitation, and more trade/resources used.

Imperialism in Africa began in the late 19th century. It began when King Leopold II began the Scramble for Africa. All of the major colonial powers went after Africa. Their goal was to gain the most wealth and to have the most territory. Having more territory and claiming valuable parts of the continent was a symbol of power. Imperialism in Africa had negative and positive consequences on both the Europeans and Africans, these can be shown through human rights issues, new industry and advancements, and wealth and influence.

European Imperialism heavily impacted the African continent through culturally, economic, and political ideas. This era of history is heavily drenched in the aspect of ethnocentrism, which is the belief that one’s own culture is superior that of another. The Europeans colonized Africa believing that they could bring civilization, but they were often ignorant of Africa’s very complex societies. The European powers divided up the continent of Africa among themselves, without any consent from the people who actually lived there. The tribal stratification was changed to a caste system where racial, ethnic, and religious differences were of utmost importance, as delegated by European rule. The structure and business of the African economy was

Africa was filled with a phenomenal and immense amount of natural resources. Many European countries were in a race to get these resources and to gain land. The only problem was that a race for this beautiful land and these natural resources deemed as economy boosters could cause an all out war between the European nations. European countries never were concerned for land in Africa nor their resources. That was until the late 1880s when King Leopold II of Belgium started sort of a trend by acquiring a private “country” of 900,000 square miles in Africa. This “country” was dubbed the Congo Free State and it was 95 times the size of Belgium. Leopold was making a gargantuan amount of money by taking out ivory and rubber. Many European countries started to notice what Leopold was doing and wanted to join in on finding these natural resources and gaining land. Otto Von Bismarck of Germany proposed a conference for European countries to divide up Africa so that there wouldn't be any wars over land or resources. Technological advancements, cultural causes, and national pride are all important Driving Forces to European imperialism, but the main reason was economical.

The Industrial Revolution made many new inventions that had many sources of energy and materials needed to make them. For the nations with this technology, Imperialism was a way for them to further Industrialize and generate economy. Imperialism is the act of one country expanding its power to other territory in order to colonize and gain resources, economy, knowledge, and control. European countries with strong militaries used Imperialism in order to achieve these goals but caused consequences in the long term. Africa, China, And India were imperialized by European countries due to the cheap labor, raw resources, research opportunities, and consumers available but this was greeted with many rebellions, many deaths, unfair treaties, and spreading of technology and knowledge from one country to the next.

Africa has a complex history that has contributed to its current state, that to some seems hopeless and for others an opportunity for rebuilding and renewal in the continent. With the influences of colonialism and western powers the complete system of African cultures have been restructured and globalized. This has had negative and positive effects on the people of Africa, its economy and government. After colonialism, relationships between states have still remained and Western powers are a dominate force in the direction of their economy. Alongside this, there are many other influences that are internal and not external that is contributing to the issues within Africa. One of the main problems that we see is corruption in the government and leadership. This is one of the most serious issues within Africa, which could possibly be the root of a myriad of afflictions that face the people. However, there are those who are trying to combat the corruption and bring renewal to the countries within this immense continent. These are the people who are aware of the taxing history and the current transition to independence that many countries are trying to figure out.

As the world races for its place in history, many continents excel on their mark on the map. It is because Africa was in the right place, but in a different time they were taken advantage of their glory. Although it is difficult for Africa to retrace and reclaim its memoirs, it has an origin that had existed before colonialism. The attempt of challenging modern history has desperately provided an economical realm that extracts and injects into Africa resources.

Imperialism and colonization caused several effects around the world. Some of these effects have left behind a legacy that goes on to this day. The continent of Africa was one of the most attractive areas to colonize for Europe. In a time period between 1870’s and 1900’s Europe colonized Africa due to the industrial revolution they distributed African lands in order to gain raw material. The lands within Africa were distributed using the order of imperialism, each country required permission in order to obtain the land. These lands were extremely useful because of the massive quantity of natural resources such as gold, iron, cobalt etc. There were several distinguished countries during the imperialism; a country that definitely holds legacy within several districts and regions of Africa is Great Britain. A country largely affected by Great Britain and colonialism is my country Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe was under British jurisdiction from 1888 to 1979. The colonization of Zimbabwe began when the British Statesmen Cecil Rhodes arrived in Zimbabwe with his British South African Company. He did not squander anytime, he swiftly began taking authority of Zimbabwe. In the coming years Great Britain would have the majority of jurisdiction of Zimbabwe.

Colonialism is the policy or practice of having full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. Countries such as Africa, India, Indonesia, and other countries have been a part of colonialism, where they have been taken control by other dominating countries such as Britain, Belgium, or Netherlands. These countries then started to develop under the influence of their colonial leader countries. After becoming decolonized which is the release of colonialism, where a nation establishes and maintains its domination over dependent territories, these countries still suffered from being under the influence of their colonial leaders for so long. Long-term effects of colonialism are government and ethnic conflict. One long-term effect of colonialism is government has not been working in favor for the people. In Africa, the DRC has a democracy that is unsupportive of the people in its country, and India’s laws still do not protect the Dalits. A second long-term effect of colonialism is ethnic conflict increases, because India now has religious separation, and Rwanda in Africa continued to have an ethnic separation.

During the early beginnings of the twentieth centuries, powers of the European countries and also the United States helped shape the future of the world. The effects of that time period still have relevance in our world today. Europe was initially the first technological and military authority with the United States soon to follow. One of the main influences in this dominance was the expansion of those countries by utilizing imperialism. Imperialism is defined as “the policy of extending a nation’s authority be territorial acquisition or by establishing economic and political hegemony over other nations” (Kagan 755). To put it more simply imperialism is really overtaking another country and using its geographic location and resources to its own advantage.

Anciently, imperialism has developed with the rise of human’s civilisation. Imperialism defined as per Cambridge dictionary as ‘a system or a situation where one country with superior power used force or influence to rule and exploit another country’ (Cambridge dictionary, 2017). In the contemporary colonial era, many European intellectuals and thinkers have justified imperialism such as Rudyard Kipling with his famous poem ‘The White Man’s Burden’ (Kiplingsociety.co,uk, 2017). The poem reflected the agreement of many Europeans of their superiority, which attached with a duty to spread Western ideas and knowledge toward non-Western people. They thought they were primitive barbarians as Kipling expressed them ‘Half-devil and half-child’ and they need guidance to change their way of life.