Why did King Leopold the II want the Congo? What did his exploits of the Congo regions cause?

Since the consequences of the scheme in the Congo could too easily be blamed on one man who could comfortably be targeted because he did not serve a great power, a Leopold-focused foreign uproar. Eventually, the strain forced him to relinquish his control of the territory, and in 1908 it became the Belgian Congo. Due to large-scale mistreatment of the indigenous peoples, including frequent mutilation and murder of men, women and children to impose rubber export quotas, Leopold II's rule in the Congo became an international embarrassment.

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the discoverers and explorers: 1. natives showed jedediah smith the way. 2. william sublette was the first cross it with a caravan. 3.joel walker and his family were the frist settlers to use it. the jumping off point: 1. founded in 1827 near where the missouri river flows into the mississippi. 2. by the 1840's, it was the most popular "jumping off" point for pioneers to stock their wagons with supplies. 3. missionaries from the church of jesus christ of latter day saints attempted to make independence their zion, or holy capital. the route west: 1. the first emigrants to oregon came by ship before the trail was established. 2. ships continued to to travel to oregon even after the overland migrations began, but they were not popular among the pioneers. 3. the fare for a sea journey to oregon was quite expensive--few pioneer families could afford it. i don't know the other three i'm sorry.

because other regions has other things that egypt doesnt have.