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This is the reason, exploitation and colonization are the consequences of more power and wealth, not the causes. > How did Europe quickly go from inferior to t
by walkhour 5y ago
This is the reason, exploitation and colonization are the consequences of more power and wealth, not the causes.
> How did Europe quickly go from inferior to their neighbors in the ~1200s to colonizing the world by the 1700s
This is the question that needs to be answered. Guns, germs and steel attempts it
- AniseAbyss 5y agoEuropean ships, canons and muskets were already superior to anything found elsewhere in the world by the 16th century. That is why Portuguese ships could sail to India and pressure the locals despite being vastly outnumbered.