Explain this statement from the article: “Full southernization and the wealth that we now associate with northwestern Europe cam
e about only after their outright seizure of tropical and subtropical territories and their rounding of Africa and participation in Southern Ocean trade.”
the rise of North Western European countries began due to southernization.
Explanation:
Through this statement, the author attempts to say that the rise of North Western European countries began due to southernization. The author says that wealth and power which North-Western Europe could amass was possible because of its colonial occupation in sub and sub-tropical countries.
The capitalistic attitude of trading and exporting resources from Africa and Southern countries helped North-West European countries to grow more powerful and stronger than other European countries.
Alexander the Great's conquests freed the West from the menace of Persian rule and spread Greek civilization and culture into Asia and Egypt. His vast empire stretched east into India.
