Editing Westernization (section)

===Colonization and Europeanization (1400s–1970s)===
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From the 1400s onward, [[Europeanization]] and [[colonialism]] spread gradually over much of the world and controlled different regions during this five centuries long period, [[History of colonialism|colonizing or subjecting]] the majority of the globe.

Following [[World War II]], Western leaders and academics sought to expand innate liberties and international equality. A period of [[decolonization]] began. At the end of the 1960s, most colonies were allowed autonomy. Those new states often adopted some aspects of Western [[politics]] such as a constitution, while frequently reacting against Western culture.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}