Wolfgang Reinhard

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  1. 1. Die Unterwerfung Der Welt. Globalgeschichte Der Europäischen Expansion 1415 2015

    Globalgeschichte der europäischen Expansion 1415–2015

    A sweeping global history tracing how European powers from the early 15th century forged unequal political, economic and cultural relationships across the world through maritime expansion, trade, colonization, missionary activity and military force. It analyzes the mechanisms—technology, institutions, legal frameworks, economic networks and legitimizing ideologies—that enabled European dominance, while emphasizing the entanglement, adaptation and resistance of non‑European societies. Covering 1415–2015, the book highlights both the long rise and transformations of European hegemony and the eventual shifts toward a more multipolar global order, with lasting consequences for inequality, state formation and cultural exchange.