Why Columbus Changed Everything: How Europe's Trade Failures Created Modern Imperialism
What if I told you that European imperialism started not from strength, but from desperation? In this episode, Tyler Cooper reveals how Europe's biggest trade failures accidentally created the blueprint for modern colonization and forever changed the world's power structure. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • Why the Ottoman Empire's trade monopoly forced Europe into its most dangerous gamble yet • How Columbus's geographical mistakes led to 500 years of global conquest • The shocking Treaty of Tordesillas that literally divided the unknown world on paper • Why European diseases became more devastating…
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