For hundred of years, European kindoms enslaved big part of Africa and America, destroying local culture. How did Europeans manage to concur and control area so much bigger than their homelands, and where all the resources for such task came from? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

For hundred of years, European kindoms enslaved big part of Africa and America, destroying local culture. How did Europeans manage to concur and control area so much bigger than their homelands, and where all the resources for such task came from?

by spysappenmyname

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Sorry for bad english.

Our teacher throw this question for us to ponder over weekend, before next lecture. I read our course book and tried to search Wikipedia, but Im not 100% satisfied with the answers. I tought this place might have better answers

Domascot

I m sorry that i have to ask, but did he/she really gave you such a broad task? The Portuguese established the first "real" worldwide empire, so probably start there, but roughly said:
technological advantage, shared knowledge, deception,surprise, brutality, occasionally a bit of "game of thrones" and "divide et impera" - depending on which kingdom and which colony we are talking about