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Reluctant Imperialists?
Throughout the 19th Century the Europeans will slowly begin to overcome these barriers. How?
- White man’s grave
- Oppressive weather
- Deserts
- Rain Forests
- Communications problems
- Unfamiliar crops to Europeans
- Rinderpest
- Large populations of Africans
- Some hostile
- Some willing to trade goods Europeans want