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Historians have identified several causes that led to the outbreak of the Cold War, including: tensions between the two nations at the end of World War II, the ideological conflict between both the United States and the Soviet Union, the emergence of nuclear weapons, and the fear of communism in the United States.
It was primarily "B. The discovery of gold and diamonds" that <span>prompted imperialism in South Africa, since this was during the age of colonization, in which many European nations were "scrambling" for riches in the region. </span>
