the Stairs Expedition to Katanga(William Stairs pictured) was the winner in a race between two Victorian-era imperial powers to seize a vast mineral-rich territory in central Africa, which it achieved by assassinating the African king Msiri?
Question 1: Mining in Egypt occurred in the earliest dynasties, and the gold mines of Nubia were among the largest and most extensive of any in ________, and are described by the Greek author Diodorus Siculus.
Question 3: Use of water power in the form of ________ was extensive; they were employed in crushing ore, raising ore from shafts and ventilating galleries by powering giant bellows.
Question 5: [20] As with the ________ in the mid 1800s, mining for minerals and precious metals, along with ranching, was a driving factor in the Westward Expansion to the Pacific coast.
Question 7: These were used to manufacture early tools and weapons, for example, high quality flint found in northern France and southern ________ were used to create flint tools.
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