Western civilization was not without its faults, such as allowing a rebirth of [[slavery]] that had largely been extinguished in that part of the world much earlier and colonization of other areas around the globe due to the superior technology that Europe had discovered and implemented. But much of the colonization brought better health and longer lifespans to impoverished people. | Western civilization was not without its faults, such as allowing a rebirth of [[slavery]] that had largely been extinguished in that part of the world much earlier and colonization of other areas around the globe due to the superior technology that Europe had discovered and implemented. But much of the colonization brought better health and longer lifespans to impoverished people. |