Yes, Maunder Minimum was the key cause, and the european ego shows in the story. They just can't gut it, the COLONists they dumped into america 400 to 300 years ago are now the PREMIER country of the world while they have stagnated into a backwater. Now they are paying the price by being over run by muslims, where before it was rats carrying the plague...
Now they are paying the price by being over run by muslims, where before it was rats carrying the plague...