The military was weak, to weak to fend off the Viking invaders and protect the Mother-Country
Answer:
During the crusade, Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, had almost besieged Constantinople because of the failure of the Byzantines to provide him with safe passage across the Dardanelles. The Byzantines for their part suspected him of conspiring with the breakaway Byzantine provinces of Serbia and Bulgaria.
Explanation:
The Berlin Conference did not consider/prioritize the indigenous African peoples.
It is better to offer no excuse
than a bad one.
It is better to be alone than in bad company.
