<span>The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies-particularly as justification for imperialist expansion.</span>
Well, there was the Louisiana purchase
It was the Mayans who built an ancient civilization, in what is now Mexico and Central America. They had an incredibly advanced civilization but were overcome by European settlers.
The immediate cause of its fall was pressure by the Ottoman Turks. ... In 1204, the Fourth Crusade conquered Constantinople, partly because the Venetians wanted to eliminate the Byzantines as competition in trading matters. Hope this helps
It would O Maynard Jackson
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