How did Colonizers become more “advanced” than the countries they colonized?

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In the colonization of NA, how was it that the Europeans already had muskets while the Native Americans were still using traditional weapons? I doubt it’s because theres a lack of resources?

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The first explosives came from Mongolia, I believe, so naturally that product gets traded and expanded and the knowledge shared. Eurasians and Africans hadn’t really explored NA/SA so the product hadn’t reached that far. And like others said, every culture evolves differently and adopts technologies from their own area first. I guess you could say since Europeans were the explorers, they got to learn from other cultures around the world first. It basically comes down to discovery, knowledge, and sharing.

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