The Berlin Conference in 1884 was significant because it "(2) established rules for the European division of <span>Africa" although it should be noted that these did not last. </span>
Generally speaking, in order for the settlement to be considered a civilization it would have to have some system of writing--either through letters of symbols--to facilitate communication. <span />
Accessibility to resources, its hunger for power, the competition between it and others, and great trade relations.
It was the year of the great gold rush my dude goodluck
