The American "civilization" is the continuation of the European civilization in the new world. The European civilization is itself the descendant of the Roman Empire. This Empire was so great that both the conquered and conquerors of the Roman empire wanted to become Romans. The ancestor of Germany was the Holy Roman Empire. France considered itself as the eldest child of Church (which meant the eldest child of Rome).   The US became the dominant force after 1918, when the four big  Eu