HISTORY NOW; HISTORY THEN; THE FRENCH PRESENCE IN AFRICA DATES TO THE 17TH CENTURY, BUT THE MAIN PERIOD OF COLONIAL EXPANSION CAME IN THE 19TH CENTURY WITH THE INVASION OF OTTOMAN ALGIERS IN 1830, CONQUESTS IN WEST AND EQUATORIAL AFRICA DURING THE SO-CALLED SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTECTORATES IN TUNISIA AND MOROCCO IN THE DECADES BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR. HISTORY ISN'T NOW
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