Europeans were on the coast of Africa especially west Africa from mid 1400s till late 1800s before they were able to get 50 miles inside of coast.

Ethnic conflicts between groups is nothing new its called divide an conquer. Benin kingdom along with Ki Congo were notorious slave traders and the Ashanti. The fought neighboring groups and sold them to Europeans.

The Zulu for their great military skill cleared Southern Africa in what was called the Mfecane(scattering or forced dispersal) of other ethnic groups and unintentionally left it open for Europeans.

NO big EUROPEAN army came in and colonized African nations, not even in Sudan and Egypt they always used mercenaries, local conflicting groups and recruited them. The British rifle regiments in modern day Nigeria were 90% African with the 10% being European generals.

Europeans were a beastly people and for all the so called technological advancement their "old world" diseases were the determining factor in clearing out many of the so called indigenous Americans.

and like Boogie Stimuli said breeding humans in the western colonies was really the cause for the numbers in the Western colonies. Less than 5% of the people stolen from Africa came to the USA mainland a majority were transported before 1700s to South America especially the former Portuguese colony currently known as Brazil.

The USA gained a strong hold on the slave trade from Portuguese and Spanish and implemented their breeding techniques. The British pushed for the abolishment of slavery not because of a conscious because of how dangerous and pricey it had become. The British were going to abolish slavery in their colonies.

The American revolution was not really about taxes but slavery too.

Also the "dominance" these European countries currently have only comes from the agreement in treaties and laws/paper plus ethnic/tribal conflicts other groups cannot get past.

The biggest baddest EUROPEAN ARMY of its time NEAPOLEAN and his french army got their asses handed to the by a small island that was called Hispanola (Haiti).

In the USA revolutionary war the British recruited roughly 17,000 "Africans" to help them fight against the American colonist.

The USA went to war with BLACK maroons for over 50 years in what is misnomer the Seminole wars. Many "Africans" ran to Florida which was a Spanish colony and warring against the British.

Africans and "natives" liberated many of the colonies see MEXICO and COLUMBIA.

The Confederate army with less technological advancement was winning or at least coming to a draw with the UNION army until 200,000 plus "Africans" joined the UNION and kicked the shit out of the UNION.

for all the military might the only true advantage europeans have had is playing on divide and conquer, political organization, disease, and our agreement with their political ideals.

thee end.