Question

What were some of the natural resources that attracted europeans to africa in the 1800s

Answer 1

Answer: Land for farming, gold and diamonds, ivory, rubber and palm oil.

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Answer 2

Some of the natural resources that attracted Europeans to Africa in the eighteenth hundreds are gold, diamonds and platinum. The discovery of diamonds in Vaal River was in the year of 1867 which triggered a diamond rush. At first, whites and blacks were independent with working but later on, they consolidated as the mine was getting deeper.