How Advance were African Civilizations before European Colonialism??
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At the start of colonialism we weren't at our peaks anymore. What caused the downfall was most African nations were behind in the technology game. I know there was a bunch of in fighting but I think not being on par with the rest of the world tech wise was a bigger chink in our armor.
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The two questions are somewhat related. Europe was able to advance because of the revenue from their colonies in the Americas.???
And what was the main downfall in the colonialism of South America and Africa??
From roughly early 1500s to the late 1800s...commerce generated by plantation economies and other industries in these colonies are what fueled the scientific & military advancements in Europe. First directly, and then through trade once these colonies became independent.
The relative isolation of African nation states during that time kept them from advancing in science and warfare the way the Euros did. When Euros decided to come in and carve up the continent, Africans were unable to match their weapons/technology.
Downfall of colonialism in S.A. was Simon Bolivar,really.
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What is you talking about my guy they raped the land, assasinated our leaders, set up coups
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Really it was only one technology that made the most difference: gunpowder.
There were African societies with all or most of the innovations Europeans had except that.
Even with guns some ethnostates were able to take them down through guerrilla warfare
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Superstar
What about shipbuilding and navigation ?
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they couldn't have done that without cooperation
you think they washed up on foreign soil with no knowledge of the land or people with no food many of them sick as dogs & just told everyone lay down¿
african leaders let them in thinking of profit & in the process the majority got fukked over
they try and paint it like they g.checked the world when that's not the case
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Honestly, I think the inability to get rid of traitors and accomplices to White nations was major downfall.
You had people in kingdoms selling off their political rivals, not negotiating better trade deals, spies, and what not running around. This tells me in many places that the native kings or queens authority was weak and corruption was high.
You had people in kingdoms selling off their political rivals, not negotiating better trade deals, spies, and what not running around. This tells me in many places that the native kings or queens authority was weak and corruption was high.
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Yup.
African societies demonstrated use of:
-Iron working
-Universities (Timbuktu)
-Ship building (Swahili)
- Castles/Palace building (Ethiopia, Nubia, Swahili)
List goes on and on.
Literally almost everything the Europeans had existed somewhere in Africa.
The slander of Europeans toward black civilizations is completely unfounded. They based it off of some dusty tribes they encountered on the coasts. Africa is a HUGE continent.
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Veteran
I didn't say that people didn't resist the colonization, I said they couldn't match the weapons/technology. Some people are well documented for resisting throughout the entire colonization period, but with 1 or 2 exceptions....Euro flags flew over the entire continent during that era.
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