edit: Did other ancient civilizations have travelers like the Europeans did? If so why do we focus so heavily on European history/advancements in schools?
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Other countries and cultures did have travelers, however, the European travelers reshaped much of the world far more than any other single group. Either through direct war and conquest, or through technological innovations, or through political or social upheavals, their legacy formed much of the world we know today. Yes, some folks from here or there traveled and saw and wrote and described and went back home and that was that and they had good stories to tell. The Europeans got off their boats and killed a bunch of people and took possession of the land and brought in more Europeans and set up kingdoms and alliances and took people and stuff and set up new governments and military outposts and the like.
So they weren’t just like tourists, they were the ultimate rude tourists.
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