>Those people are genetically almost identical. I'm assuming (and hoping) you mean culturally identical because all humans are nearly genetically identical. >

>Those people are genetically almost identical. I'm assuming (and hoping) you mean culturally identical because all humans are nearly genetically identical. >Those people are genetically almost identical. What’s the difference? Ideas. And trade sanctions, and the support of super powers. >Why did Europe suddenly become the worlds powerhouse right after the enlightenment when before it was poorer than many places in Asia and the Middle East? The ideas changed. I guess it was a 'change in ideas', it also might have had to do with colonization of the practice of exploiting poorer countries and repatriating their wealth.