2006-10-11 18:22:53 · 11 answers · asked by Bip F 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Because they didn't have the technology to do so.
2006-10-11 18:25:46 · answer #1 · answered by Uncle Pennybags 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
i agree with Guelph. guns, germs, and steel is a very good book. it answers this question directly (and why it was that europeans invaded the americas rather than vice versa.)
Hayden: the colonists weren't slaves. even if they were, then the africans were slaves of slaves, still a worse position than the colonists. do you really think that conditions of the colonists (being taxed without being represented, having by law to accommodate soldiers if the soldiers needed it) was equal to that of the slaves they were whipping? Lets not distort history here. The colonists under the british had it nowhere near as bad as the slaves did.
2006-10-11 19:27:47 · answer #2 · answered by student_of_life 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because the African countries were busy with trying to make their country successful from the inside (tribes), but the European countries worked the other way around, meaning they thought more of colonization of other countries to better theirs.
2006-10-11 18:27:47 · answer #3 · answered by Tiny 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because they were not as civilized. The same problem we have now with Iraqis, Iranians, and Koreans. That is why these counties hate us now. Oh Well. There is your answer. Still going on too.
2006-10-11 18:55:39 · answer #4 · answered by DAVID T 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go read Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond. It makes the case, convincingly, that the reason they didn't is a matter of geographical luck: access to domesticatable animals and plants, varying climates, arable land, and so on and so forth.
2006-10-11 18:27:01 · answer #5 · answered by Guelph 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
They really didn't have the knowledge or technology to do so.
Oh and by the way shut up with the slave bull **** what do u think the 13 colonies were and the peasants in Europe back in the day wow that black slave shits getting old
2006-10-11 18:27:15 · answer #6 · answered by Hayden 1 · 2⤊ 4⤋
They were too busy rounding each other up for slaves to sell to the Americas.
2006-10-11 18:27:04 · answer #7 · answered by backinbowl 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
They were too busy with their tribal wars to advance their civilization.
Did anyone ever wonder WHY they are STILL a backward nation when they are supposed to be one of the oldest? Why don't they invent anything or make any advances for mankind?
2006-10-11 18:28:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
because they were basically rednecks with spears going against well trained militaries? and because the white man is inherently evil whereas africans were better people who fell victim to the white man's interference (I'm white, by the way)
geez, reason... looks like our audience loves whitey... lol
2006-10-11 18:25:40 · answer #9 · answered by flawed broadcast 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Their continent is a mess even today. Name one thing they have contributed to the world.
2006-10-11 18:29:26 · answer #10 · answered by Kelly T 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋