Although Europeans rose to economic leadership with the powerful link of innovation and incentives for coal, the underlying causes that created these links are acquiring efficient agriculture places as outlined by Crosby, the invisible but crucial role of mosquito immunity to Europeans argued by McNeill and the extreme climate conditions for non European nations stated Davis, that created the ultimate economic political dominance for Europeans. Although a plant such as weed could not possibly seem to contribute to the global dominance of Europeans, Crosby argues that the weed plant was a lucky imperial victory that they brought with themselves. Europeans chose where to settle in a prude way that seemed the most logical to them. Crosby argues one of the phenomenas of success is “a stunning, even awesome success of European agriculture” …show more content…
In a sense europeans were not only lucky to find that the land they conquered is even more fruitful to them as their for their natives, but they used that in strategic ways. Weeds in particular repaired the damaged soils which was necessary because at this time the source of energy was photosynthesis alone, only later in the mid of ninetieth century the Europeans mastered the coals and fossil fuel production with them. Therefore by having weeds that fix the destroyed soil, Europeans gain a quick and huge advancement on the ecosystems that did not provide anymore to the natives. However this idea also imposes the selfish drastic move - “the farmer and his animals destroying native plant cover, making way for imported grasses and forbs, many of which proved more nourishing to domesticated animals than the native equivalents.” Therefore it was not only