CAS HI 176 Lecture 8: HI 176: Post-WWII & the Cold War
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This is the question that goldstone examines. In 1500, all the countries seemed to be parallel in terms of their agriculture, power, population, etc. But just 200 years later, the european countries will be advancing very, very quickly. Contributed to western economies, specifically western capitalist economies. The slave trade was a move away from the mother country, from portugal to africa and then to the western. Hemisphere, from spain to africa and then to the western. Hemisphere, from britain to africa and then to the western. Also, the slaves were producing products (e. g. sugar) and the monarchy could not control this massive trade. The slave trade brought about fundamental changes in the role of the government in managing their economies. China dropped in the number of its innovations and inventions. Other western countries" innovations and inventions grew. Educational institutions were necessary for sophisticated innovations, and not every country has these educational institutions.