When you come from a different European countries education system you get a a snap shot of the way the Catholic church divided up south America. While dividing up Africa brought great riches.
So great is very selective, as it is on the shoulders of oppression and quite a bit of ethnic cleansing.
In a similar vein I like explaining how 'Great' Britain was actually a fuckery like 'Oh you are greater Bretagne now'once they had a pop at us and won