Africa is often depicted in the Western and Eastern press as a continent that is isolated, exotic, mysterious, and tragic. Nothing could be further from the truth, however. Africa has a long and storied tradition when it comes to globalization. Africa has played a part in all of the world's major trade routes, in all of the modern world's major exchanges (from agricultural crops to forms of art), and in all of the modern world's major wars.
Below are 10 battles that prove it.
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