PSCI 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Technology, Qing Dynasty, Medieval India
30 Jan 2019
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The great divergence (overcame pre-modern growth constraints and emerged during the 19th century as the most powerful and wealthy world civilization, eclipsing. Medieval india, qing china, the islamic world, and tokugawa japan. ) England had 50% of the worlds product 150 years ago, center of the world economy for hundreds of years. Great britian in 1750 is 13 million square miles, the sun never sets on the union jack . No matter where sun was it was shining on british territory. Britain can barely be spotted on a map, but taking over terrotories gives it larger land. Contingent forces of technolgy came together to allow europe and eventually one country in europe to emerge on top. King did not have the divine right. King was interpreter of god, even though pope was supposed to do that. Teaching your children love,tradition,family and all the postivie things. All these points are reinforced by religion.
