Answer:
Europe: The primary events which led to the outbreak of World War II in Europe were German aggressive expansionary policies in Eastern Europe, primarily the invasion of Poland, which triggered the outbreak.
Asia: The Soviet Union followed with a brief invasion of China in 1934, an event that drove Japan to... World War II in Asia was preceded by a period of expansion by the militarist regime in Japan. Japanese expansion began in China with the invasion and occupation of Manchuria in 1931.
Explanation:
Lateen sail, astrolabe, magnetic compass, rudder, mapmaking skills (Latitude and Longitude), Caravel (let ships sail INTO the wind); All helped with European Exploration; Islamic scholars saved Greek and Roman texts, zero, medical advances, numbers/algebra
To quote the witch in Snow White "Who's the fittest of them all?" Who but those who think they are powerful enough to occupy colonies who supply raw materials to be shaped into manufactured articles, to be sold back to the colonies?
That is the definition of imperialism. It is the colonization by force of those unable to prevent the colonization. Imperialism is the creation of an empire by colonizing people that can't prevent their own subjugation.
Does that not sound like survival of the fittest to you?
Olmec, Mayan, Aztecs is the correct order