Why where european countries able to conquer so much of the world

They had better equipment when it came to war and technology while the African's where fierce but the bows and arrows wernt fit enough for there guns

Their influence across every inhabited continent. This was not inevitable. In fact, for decades, historians, social scientists, and biologists have wondered: Why and how did Europe rise to the top, even when societies in Asia and the Middle East were far more advanced?

So far, satisfactory answers have been elusive. But this question is of the utmost importance given that Europe's power determined everything from who ran the slave trade to who grew rich or remained mired in poverty.