The development of european world rule, founded in the 16th century, exhibited considerable regional and temporal deviation in terms of its extent and character. Backgrounds arts* colonialism and imperialism courts / dynasties economy / trade european encounters europeanization food and drink globalization industrialization law literacy media. Introduction for decades, the scholarly study of european colonialism remained largely confined to its political, military and economic dimensions.
This can refer, for example, to variants of colonialism and imperialism, or to participation in international organizations, or to an increasing interconnectedness at the level. Die koloniale erfassung der welt ist ein integraler bestandteil der europäischen geschichte von der frühneuzeit bis in die phase der dekolonisation. Inhaltsverzeichnis between old and new colonialism, 1780‒1840 the 1780s and 1790s marked a transition from the old european mercantile colonialism to the new land.