Historical factor
European colonial expansion
European colonial expansion describes the growth of European empires overseas from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, through trade, conquest and settlement. It undermined or destroyed many states, as in the British conquest of the Mughal Empire and Maratha Empire, French conquest of the Wadai Empire and the partition of Central African states such as the Luba Empire and Lunda Empire.
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Benin EmpireDeclineBritish EmpireImpactEmpire of JapanImpactFrench EmpireMilitaryGerman EmpireGovernanceIlkhanateSocioeconomyItalian EmpireFoundation, Military, ImpactLunda EmpireDeclineMamluk SultanateImpactMaratha EmpireImpactOttoman EmpireDeclinePortuguese EmpireDeclineRozvi EmpireFoundationSafavid EmpireImpactSpanish EmpireGovernanceWadai EmpireMilitary
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