How did Europe become the richest part of the world?

Re:How did Europe become the richest part of the world? by walkhour on Sunday March 20, 2022 @09:37AM (#30742498)

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

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Re:How did Europe become the richest part of the world? by AniseAbyss on Sunday March 20, 2022 @10:30AM (#30742892)

European 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.

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