These terms were common during the heights of European colonial expansion, but still continue in modern times.

A second meaning came about as a result of European colonial expansion in the nineteenth century.

By 1880, there was a renewed thrust of European colonial expansion.

Communication became much more advanced during the European expansion.

As so often during the era of European colonial expansion, religion offered an excuse for intervention.

Many of those holdings were the results of European imperial expansion.

This was an act of both European expansion and state-building in order to democratize the region.

Only a major disruption that sent prices beyond $40 a barrel could bring European expansion to a standstill, he said.

However, this European expansion is anything but smooth.

This conquest marked the beginning of overseas European expansion.