There’s a lot written about this. There’s a book called “Prisoners of Geography” which was a bestseller and touches on some of this.
In order to have advanced ‘quickly’ as a country/culture/people - it’s helpful to have load bearing animals (horses, donkeys, camels, llamas etc), deep straight rivers, and fertile land. Access to the sea is also hugely useful.
Much of the African continent simply doesn’t have the tools that European or Asian powers had, so that has made harder what was easier elsewhere.
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There’s a lot written about this. There’s a book called “Prisoners of Geography” which was a bestseller and touches on some of this.
In order to have advanced ‘quickly’ as a country/culture/people - it’s helpful to have load bearing animals (horses, donkeys, camels, llamas etc), deep straight rivers, and fertile land. Access to the sea is also hugely useful.
Much of the African continent simply doesn’t have the tools that European or Asian powers had, so that has made harder what was easier elsewhere.