Why did numerous societies in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania lose their political independence to European, Japanese, or American invaders in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

answer: karl marx, max weber, and emile durkheim (the fourth could be considered georg simmel)

explanation:

b - those executed came from every social and economic class

the award is named for an american naval historian and theorist, rear admiral alfred thayer mahan, united states navy who, through his writing, provided stimulus and guidance to those who share in the defense of the nation.