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What the article basically comes to say is exponential growth, where Europe had a slightly larger base number due to the constant wars so over the decades and c
by franciscop 5y ago
What the article basically comes to say is exponential growth, where Europe had a slightly larger base number due to the constant wars so over the decades and centuries the difference showed up.
- AniseAbyss 5y agoI have read an argument once that China was too peaceful. While every European king or duke spent considerable amount of time on the battlefield China's armies grew weak. Very few Chinese emperors ever died in battle. The Chinese court was maintaining the status quo. They were running an empire. Countries like Portugal and the Netherlands were creating one.