They were weak.
It generally depended on who was involved. Western European prisoners were treated much better than Eastern European prisoners. Eastern Europeans were most often killed or died of starvation. They were often made into slave laborers. Of the Western European prisoners, the British & Americans were treated better than the French, Belgian, Dutch or Italian (after Italy surrendered to the Allies) prisoners. Normally British & Americans were not killed or treated as slave laborers. The French, Belgian, Dutch & Italians were often sent to slave labor camps, and starved. Of the Germans that held prisoners, the SS were the worse offenders against prisoners, and the Luftwaffe (Air Force) treated their prisoners the best. Also civilian prisoners were treated worse than military prisoners.
European nations often viewed colonized people as inferior to Europeans.
in their ports of entry :)
Poland has been invaded many many times, but I'm assuming you mean the WWII invasion. For Germany, it was just the next logical step of their European expansion plan. They'd actually already invaded and taken control of the Czech territory before they moved into Poland. For Russia, it was a good oppourtunity to cooperate with Germany and settle what would supposively become the new Russian-German border.
Iran and Iraq.
The rulers were weak.
The Africans sold were often criminals or convicted of a crime. They were traded for goods but often traded guns and firearms to these African kingdoms.
The Africans sold were often criminals or convicted of a crime. They were traded for goods but often traded guns and firearms to these African kingdoms.
They just invaded or took away the lands from the men who held them. Often land holdings were given as rewards for services, but what is given can be taken away.
The Ural River and Ural Mountains are often used to designate the European part of Russia from the Asian part.
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Africa had some really developed civilizations, kingdoms, and societies. The areas of trade which often had high population densities were exploited and dominated by Europeans once they realized that they could do so.
To obtain goods and firearms from Europe
It is a tradition in many countries to eat fish on Christmas Eve. Eastern European countries often have a freshwater fish like Carp.
Cypus is the only European Union member in the Middle East. All other European Union countries (as could be guessed) are in Europe. Turkey is a Middle Eastern country that has tried to accede to the European Union, but has not had its accession accepted. To read more about that read the Related Question. The European Union is very active politically in the Middle East, often serving as a bloc to negotiate against different Middle Eastern countries and therefore make negotiations more favorable in the Middle East.
It occurs much more often in people of Eastern European and Russian Jewish (Ashkenazi) ancestry, affecting 1 out of every 450 live births.
The Indo-European language is thought to have originated out of the Pontic-Caspian steppe region, which encompasses parts of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. This region is often referred to as the homeland of the Proto-Indo-Europeans, the linguistic ancestors of the various Indo-European language groups spoken today.