The First Stage of Dividing the World Completed

Mombasa city had always liked to compete with Dar es Salaam city, because the two stood alone at the top in East Africa. But as East Africa's interior was developed, Mombasa city gradually began to fall behind Dar es Salaam city, and that had to do with their economic hinterlands.

As for economic hinterlands, Mombasa city could never hope to surpass Dar es Salaam city. Therefore, its only way forward was to become competitive with Dar es Salaam city and drive the Northern Industrial Belt forward shoulder to shoulder.

In the blink of an eye, time arrived in 1886. East Africa continued to carry out construction across its regions in an orderly fashion, while the East African Army sharpened its blades and prepared for war.

By 1886, West Africa had already been completely carved up, with Britain, France, and Germany benefiting the most. Meanwhile, in the Far East, Britain, France, Russia, Japan, and the United States showed immense interest in the Far East Empire and its dependent states.

As early as the 1860s and 1870s, the United States had invaded Korea through military means. Yet the Korean government only became more resolute in its isolationism, and the Americans' ambitions came to nothing. This was probably one of the few instances in which the United States had actively pursued colonial expansion—and failed.

The reason the United States could not turn Korea into a colony through military action might have had something to do with the distance between the two countries. Later, in the 1870s, Japan used the same tactic, and the Korean government yielded, forced to sign a trade agreement.

Britain had also coveted land on the Korean Peninsula, but the joint opposition of Japan and Russia prevented it from succeeding. From this alone, it was clear that Japan had