ANT 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: European Colonialism, Atlas Mountains
20 Nov 2017
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History: the crossroads of asia, africa and europe. It is also located at an intersection between three continents and has been shaped by the continuous diffusion of people, goods and ideas from all three as well as by power struggles between competing various empires. Ethnic diversity here reflects the constant migration of people following trade routes across the region. The region has been of strategic importance since the beginning of warfare: greece, the. Weakened by conflict and economic decline, the muslim ottoman empire was slowly unraveling by 1800. Provincial leaders from north africa to western arabia challenged the power of the. In 1798, napoleon bonaparte invaded egypt, starting a three-year occupation that instigated european interest in middle east culture and opened a new era of imperialism and colonialism. In the 19th century, great britain, wary of a challenge to its sea power and trade routes to colonial india, stopped russia"s southern expansion.
