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minus-squareSalamiDommie@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoEurope would be the singularly industrialized hub of the world. North America would look like Africa, South America and much of Asia.
minus-squareZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI mean… you forget China. And most of Asia. They were already pretty advanced. They introduced math and science and philosophy to Europe. Not to mention there were important trade routes between Europe and China. And north Africa too. I’d bet technology would’ve made its way into central and South America where they already were pretty advanced.
minus-squareSalamiDommie@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoNot without the colonialism.
minus-squareZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoWho colonized China?
minus-squareSalamiDommie@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·12 hours agoEngland, So iets, US, and the CCP Edit - I tend to be more of a Han Chinese sympathizer before the CCP made their moves post WW2
minus-squareZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoI think you’re forgetting the time frame of the discussion here. We’re talking about the plague which happened in the late middle-ages. China was essentially the central power of Asia back then.
Europe would be the singularly industrialized hub of the world. North America would look like Africa, South America and much of Asia.
I mean… you forget China. And most of Asia. They were already pretty advanced. They introduced math and science and philosophy to Europe.
Not to mention there were important trade routes between Europe and China. And north Africa too.
I’d bet technology would’ve made its way into central and South America where they already were pretty advanced.
Not without the colonialism.
Who colonized China?
England, So iets, US, and the CCP
Edit - I tend to be more of a Han Chinese sympathizer before the CCP made their moves post WW2
I think you’re forgetting the time frame of the discussion here. We’re talking about the plague which happened in the late middle-ages. China was essentially the central power of Asia back then.