What did european countries do starting in the mid-1800 to acquire more natural resources

in the late 1800s, the african continent had much to offer. seeing this, many european countries started to colonize, or settle, africa. this rush to take over africa was known as the “scramble for africa”. with so many european countries interested in africa and in order to prevent a war between them, the europeans decided to meet and “fairly” divide up the african continent. the result was the berlin conference, a series of meetings from 1884-1885 in berlin, germany, held by european nations such as england, france, belgium, germany, and denmark. africa’s rulers did not attend. the european nations discussed africa’s land and how they wanted it to be divided. ten percent (10%) of africa was in european hands going into the meeting. by the end of the meeting, europeans owned most of africa.

athenian democracy developed around the fifth century bc in the greek city-state (known as a polis) of athens, comprising the city of athens and the surrounding territory of attica, and is often described as the first known democracy in the world. other greek cities set up democracies, most following the athenian model, but none are as well documented as athens'.

it was a political system of direct democracy, in which participating citizens voted directly on legislation and executive bills. participation was not open to all residents: to vote one had to be an adult, male citizen, i.e., not a foreign resident, a submissive or a woman, and the number of these was "probably no more than 30 percent of the total adult population."[1]

the longest-lasting democratic leader was pericles. after his death, athenian democracy was twice briefly interrupted by oligarchic revolutions towards the end of the peloponnesian war. it was modified somewhat after it was restored under eucleides; the most detailed accounts of the system are of this fourth-century modification rather than the periclean system. democracy was suppressed by the macedonians in 322 bc. the athenian institutions were later revived, but how close they were to a real democracy is debatable. solon (594 bc), cleisthenes (508/7 bc), and ephialtes (462 bc) contributed to the development of athenian democracy. cleisthenes broke up the power of the nobility by organizing citizens into ten groups based on where they lived rather than on their wealth.

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