How did geographic features affect the settlement of Africa?
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Settlement by whom? When?
Africa's original inhabitants evolved on this continent.
I bet you mean the colonization and of the part south of the Sahara.
The shortage of easy navigable river access inland and good harbors hindered the settlement by Europeans. They were frequently limited to posts near the sea shore. When they could get inland on the Congo for example the climate was unhealthy.
The shortage of easy navigable river access inland and good harbors hindered the settlement by Europeans. They were frequently limited to posts near the sea shore. When they could get inland on the Congo for example the climate was unhealthy.
Maybe compare to the settlement by Europeans of North America where the St. Lawrence and Hudson and Chesapeake Bay and Charleston and the Mississippi .... made it a slam dunk to found cities and migrate inland.
In addition, the Sahara Desert provided a formidable barrier to European settlers coming from the north.
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