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What actually happened at the Berlin Conference? I have this strange image in my head that it was just a bunch European diplomats that sat around a table, chatted for a little and took turns drawing lines on Africa. This is obviously not accurate so what exactly did go down at these conferences?

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What actually happened at the Berlin Conference? I have this strange image in my head that it was just a bunch European diplomats that sat around a table, chatted for a little and took turns drawing lines on Africa. This is obviously not accurate so what exactly did go down at these conferences?	5