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Erik Green, Lund University, investigates European colonialism and the myth of a grand strategy, setting forth the case of ...

The colonization of Africa was an extractive project driven by a lust for resources. The extraction was done with notable brutality in parts of central Africa and with a distinct lack of sentiment ...

Between the 15th and 20th centuries, just 10 European countries colonized nearly the whole world. Colonization brought technological advancement, infrastructure, education, and medical care even ...

The Ottoman Empire dominated much of Europe, Asia, and Africa - but why did it never extend its reach to the Americas? In ...

European colonization of Africa began in 1415 with Portugal. It accelerated with the so-called “Scramble for Africa” between 1884 and 1914 featuring the Berlin Conference.

The brief European colonization of the Middle East and North Africa was a good deal gentler than any of the horrors that Islamic conquerors had inflicted on the region.

Consequently, the sudden human influence during European colonization of southern Africa in the 17 th century likely played a central role in the extinction of the species.

Russian influence has been gaining ground across Africa in recent years, placing the continent at the crux of the growing geopolitical contest between the Kremlin and the White House. U.S ...

The Vatican formally repudiated on Thursday the “Doctrine of Discovery,” a legal concept based on 15th-century papal documents that European colonial powers used to legitimize the seizure and ...