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Europe has risen to global dominance three times in history: first through the Greek Empire, then the Roman Empire, and finally in the early modern era through expansive trade networks that fueled colonization and the transatlantic slave trade—the largest in human history. After the Second World War, the United States emerged as the world’s preeminent superpower, dominant both militarily and economically. While the U.S. played a key role in ending legal slavery earlier unde