The theory of mercantilism motivated overseas exploration as it posited that a country's power depended mainly on its wealth. Consequently, various nations sought to increase their wealth and power by establishing colonies where they could extract resources such as minerals which determined the wealth of a nation
It started in Germany where he was originally from he wanted to kill all of the Jews in Germany then in Europe then the world
The correct answer is democratic US and communist Soviet Union competed to support and defend their political ideologies globally between 1945-1991
The cold war did not have any direct conflicts even though it was indeed close at certain points in time such as the Cuban Missile crisis. It didn't last three years and actually lasted for almost 50 years. There was a lot of hate going around but conflicts were only seen by proxy in other states that had civil wars or similar things.
