The Industrial Revolution led Europeans to have better military weapons and this allowed small European armies to defeat larger African and Asian forcer when invading territory. This made possible the colonization of the African continent.
<span>The following civilizations started and ended as follows:
Olmec.
</span>The mysterious Olmec civilization prospered in Pre-Classical (Formative) Mesoamerica from c. 1200<span> BCE to c. 400 BCE
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Formative or Preclassic Maya.
</span>2000 BCE–200 CE<span>
Classic Maya.
</span>250 CE to 900 CE<span>
Postclassic Maya.
</span><span>950–1539 AD
Hope this helps.</span>
