Colonization and its causes?

[thatoneguy]

@morgankane01

@write4u

That’s just plain BS. Northern Aryans have forever subjugated other races because most other races led simpler lives due to more benign climatic conditions.

Not exact.

1. To say that colonized people led simpler lives is misdirecting.

Chinese and Indian people led no simpler lives than the Europeans. And in 1500, Indian and Chinese technological levels were not inferior to the European ones and the mass of available capital was greater.

And beyond technology, some “simple” civilization can be very complex, culturally.

2. Theses “simpler” civilizations were as imperialistic that the European one.

   Mongols built an empire. No need to expand.

   China built an empire, from some divided states occupying just a fraction of its present territory. In July 751 AD, Tang and Abbasid forces met in the valley of the Talas River to vie for control over the Syr Darya region of central Asia. Tang defeat gave control of central Asia to Islam.

   Aztecs and Incas built empires. In Africa, empires were built.

3. In the sixteenth century, Europe began it colonization of the world.

   The European powers and their elites wanted power and money, in gold and silver.

Its advantages were technology, but mainly strong centralized states, with stable succession rules, seen as legitimate by their populations and neighbors.

4. The weaknesses of the colonized people sealed their fate.

   The Aztec empire was weak and as soon as they had a possibility of a successful revolt, the subject people revolted.

   The squabbles between the colonized people were the second weakness. Each time, the colonizing power found local allies and used them. In fact, the colonization involved a very limited number of European people.

     The Celts of Britannia showed the same weakness in front of the Saxon invasion, or the Irish in front of the Vikings, then of the English.  
   

   The third weakness was ideological.

   The example of China is significative. The Ming dynasty had launched strong expedition up to Africa. But at a time, it enclosed itself on itself and rejected everything coming from strangers, sure of its world superiority.

   The Turkish empire was unable to adapt.

Thanks for starting this topic and responding to Write4U’s claim.