jan 1, 1880 - second half of the 19th century and 1880s

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Aided by powerful technologies. European states launched an unprecedented round of empire-building in the second half of the 19th century. Fearful that rivals might gain control over some region that remained free of imperial control. European states embarked on a campaign of frenzied expansion in the 1880s that brought almost all of Africa and Pacific Ocean territories into their empires

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