Analyze and interpret the following quotation: Theconfrontation of Western civil

Analyze and interpret the following quotation: Theconfrontation of Western civilization with other peoples whosevalues were often dramatically opposed to the Westssuggests thatby the dawn of the twentieth century the tradition and sense ofcenteredness that had defined indigenous cultures for hundredseven thousands of years was either threatened or in the process ofbeing destroyed. Worldwide non-Western cultures suddenly foundthat they were defined as outposts of new colonial empiresdeveloped by Europeans resulting in the weakening of traditionalcultural practices political leadership and social systems thathad been in place for centuries. (Sayre 2013 pp. 410-411).