<span>Gothic master builders use geometric line and patterns in their design because it imparts a feeling or order and harmony. Since the Greeks, ideal geometric shapes in architecture have always been used for this reason. The Romans did the same which was followed by new innovation in the Middle Ages. “Gothic” was first used by Renaissance critics to scorn the architectural style for its lack of conformity to the classic Greek and Roman standards. However, a closer look reveals that this style is firmly rooted to the ancient use of geometry and proportion. </span>
Another name for an orthodox view of a historical event or period is Revisionist.
The partition of Africa (also called, with term less aseptic scramble for Africa, but better known in English as the scramble for Africa, translated into "the elbowing for Africa") was the proliferation of claims on the European African territories between 1880 and the beginning of World War I, the so-called period of the New imperialism.
<span>In the second half of the nineteenth century it took place the transition from imperialism "informal" control through military influence and economic dominance, that of direct rule in the territory. It is in these years the birth of colonial states proper.
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The answer is to gain control of northern territories.
