> hint: it was based on pirating their national and human resources And why was England capable of pillaging whole continents? It's not like it was significant

> hint: it was based on pirating their national and human resources And why was England capable of pillaging whole continents? It's not like it was significantly larger, and it's not like they could do that in Europe (they tried that with the French for centuries). European countries were already superior, at least in the sense of more military capable, than their African counterparts. There was nothing stopping African rulers from doing the reverse and subduing Europe. If anything, they had more time.