Was Europe's drive for conquest and dominion a result of the lingering dream and vision of Rome?
Did the memory of what had been before infect Europe with a compulsion for expansion far above even the most imperialistic cultures outside of Europe?
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It was Christianity focusing the energetic but unrefined European mind. It forced them to think within systems.
That, along with the mythos of Rome and the forgotten cultural memory that was rediscovered set Europe up to be a dominant force