Why was the big European power met at Berlin in 1885
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Rivalry between Great Britain and France led Bismarck to intervene, and in late 1884 he called a meeting ofEuropean powers in Berlin. ... Following the close of the conference,European powers expanded their claims in Africa such that by 1900,European states had claimed nearly 90 percent of African territory.
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All the major European states were invited in Berlin Conference in 1885. The conference was organised by Otto Von Bismarck, first Chancellor of Germany. The European powers met to decide the carving up of Africa among them. The states were Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, France and Great Britain. No African was invited to this conference.
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