Write a 1000-word essay on why northwestern Europe developed guns, metal swords, metal reinforced and better sailing ships before other cultures. Tell why this enabled them to dominate the world from western South America to eastern North America? What happened to China, which was the only power that also could have exploited the Indian Ocean and Eastern Africa, so that Portugal beat them out?
Use the textbook and any other serious sources and cite your report using APA-style in-text cites and full cites on a Reference page. (See attachments)
Two other sources might be https://www.britannica.com/topic/tactics/The-advent-of-firearms or
https://www.thecollector.com/first-guns/
or https://leitner.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/resources/papers/politicseconofeuropescompadv2.pdf
Please don’t use any form of AI.