HISTORY 3CG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Industrial Revolution, John K. Fairbank
13 Jan 2016
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+all of the pieces were there, size of pop, 11530, tech, advanced war fare, Chinese silk was lusted over in many countries. Apparent absence of china as a colonizing power. Book first, printed and dated book, 868 ce. Science and civilization in china: a multi-volumed history. Completes collection of illustrations and writings of ancient and modern times: nearly 6000 volumes in modern edition; reputedly 170 million characters; commissioned by an early qing emperor. Why if the chinese had been so technologically creative for so long did modern science not catch on. Notions of partnership were reasons that many other countries (not china) expanded. Cultural unity (china became unified far before many other european states nations) +europe became routed in warfare from generations of fighting for unity or a lack of. +besides the north of china there wasn"t much war in china (retained its cohesive nation) China stopped trying (they did not want to become involved in colonization)
