Imo what triggered the European explorations was islam. Islam had conquered almost the complete Roman Empire were it not for the Franks that halted them in France in the 8th century. Before islam the Mediterranean was one big interlocking economic whole that traded with China and India. Due to islam, North Africa was cut off from Europe, just as were the trade routes from India and China. So when the Reconquista on the Iberian peninsula proceeded and piece after piece was liberated from the muslims, the Portuguese started to try to circumnavigate the muslims in North Africa to get to the Indies themselves. And this process started the systematic evolution of science and technology on how to navigate on unknown waters etc.
@scudthehero
38 минут бұрын
Exactly, the idea of circumnavigating Africa wasn’t new. The ships, tech, maps, and incentives grew until it inevitably happened. Once Constantinople fell, Portuguese and Spanish traders were incentivized to explore, which encouraged European powers.
@stanisawzokiewski3308
Күн бұрын
Traditions tell our hearts what is right. Science tells us which tools are useful. I think the Meiji restoration and Japan in general is the perfect example of how to embrace technology while preserving tradition. "Western technique with Japanese soul" was the motto. Poland is a country thats rapidly expanding its economy while still being loyal to its soul.
@laurap239
Күн бұрын
as a European I find it so strange that you say you feel very safe in the USA. Violence by guns is practically unheard of here, whereas it sounds like you have one mass shooting a day over there. I loved the book too, as you said it answered so many questions on how and why the West has dominated the world stage in the last 500 years
@habeebtc
14 сағат бұрын
Gun violence is still incredibly rare here. Hear me out. There's very poor communities where it is common-ish - when you visit the USA, you don't typically visit those places. Also, these places it is almost never random violence, it's what the local police call "neighborhood beefs" - which really get reported as "gang violence" (often it isn't). School shootings get a disproportionate amount of media coverage, and that media coverage ensures that more of them happen (because it is a viral phenomenon). School shootings statistically are vanishingly rare, but we get compared against places where it never happens. (Yes, they should never happen, completely agree) Gun violence in the US is not a singular problem. If you are wondering - yes I own firearms, but also no - I wouldn't be upset if firearms were banned entirely. I'm just quite familiar with gun culture and the issues.
@0matters
3 сағат бұрын
@@habeebtc if we don't count gang violence, most recent gun incidents are in public places by "common people" such as schools/clubs...Mafias don't really just go out and kill random people that often. Don't use Stalin's logic, 1 is a tragedy but many are just statistics
@tomhalla426
17 минут бұрын
Europe has higher crime rates than most of the US. Most of the shootings are gang related, and the reports are overstated, and fail to do per capita rates.
@jjenner2452
Күн бұрын
I read this book a number of years ago... and yes, a very interesting read.
@Anbusha
23 сағат бұрын
audio is not good i only hear it trough my left ear
@psikeyhackr6914
Күн бұрын
Eurasia is the largest continent. It should have had the most geniuses to come up with ideas. But what would have happened if there were no horses, and horses were only in North America?
@j4x.luxciou
Күн бұрын
While GG&S makes some convincing points, there’s some really important rebuttals that should be considered. Everyone who reads it should also read Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest and Facing East. I think after these you’ll find this book provides a very neocolonialist rationalization of European conquest.
@syohank
Күн бұрын
I suggest a follow up reading of how the west came to rule by Anievas and nisancioglu. An added perspective of global political economy in the analysis.
@kallesaarinen7559
2 сағат бұрын
you need to put your voice to both channels, left and right, llistening to this on headphones is disorienting
@rafaelalopez7661
Сағат бұрын
Innovation is just a neutral tool; what frames it is what controls it and in our reality violence and imperialism are it.
@kleinweichkleinweich
22 сағат бұрын
actually it was queen Isabella I of Castile who gave Columbus the "go" - Castile later became a part of Spain (not Portugal !)
@KrlKngMrtssn
2 күн бұрын
Hm, sorry to spoil things but technically you are European, too. You speak an European language, you clearly have an Anglo culture, an European cosmo view and are very western in nature. Just because your forefathers came from a place we call Asia, doesn't mean you are Asian. If your mother tongue and your upbringing is European in origin (like all Americans). That means you are basically Europeanised. Sorry for this reality check, but you can't deny it.
@ashok3733
Күн бұрын
You mean technically she is not European by descent...for example I am British by nationality I speak native English but I am brown. I can never be accepted as a European! I have lived in 6 countries and visited several countries, none of the countries identified me as a European. You may see yourself as a European but the world doesn't. It sounds harsh but that's how it is. My kids are half German but they are still fully brown, a German would laugh if my kids said they are German too. The world is not as what you think and I don't need to hide my bloodline either.
@Godonly-v6x
Күн бұрын
That is false 😂😂😂 you’re ignoring the African influence on “western culture”, which is essentially what you would consider anti western. It’s visible in countries west of Amsterdam that have long traditions of monarchy. Why? Because their trade with Africa mutated their culture
@Ptolemy336VV
Күн бұрын
A book build on nonsense premises. It's an interesting opinion, but people should understand the difference between an opinion and actual facts.
@mattyoungblood5720
Күн бұрын
This book's argument is founded on a false premise. Worth reading, but dont just accept it as is.
@tomhalla426
14 минут бұрын
Diamond overstates geographic determinism. Mercator projection gives a false impression of east west v north south axis relationships.
@psikeyhackr6914
Күн бұрын
The last 550 years has been a record of who had technology versus who did not. The Chinese brought a giraffe 🦒 back from Africa with there fleet. They could have discovered and colonized Australia 200 years before Europeans. Why didn't they?
@temmy9
Күн бұрын
they didnt need too. China was extremely rich in resources and luxury goods. All thier colonisation efforts were going in internally as the Han migrated across the Empire.
@psikeyhackr6914
22 сағат бұрын
@@temmy9 Everybody in China was rich at the time? The Great Wall was built by Rich People?
@theonegatoo
Күн бұрын
Because they are evil.
@miletusdidim8556
Күн бұрын
Better read the book.
@joshrobinson506
Күн бұрын
Actually the opposite. Contrary to what is popular belief these days every single place that Europeans colonized or conquered is significantly better off and less "evil" than it was before. I know you don't believe it but try reading a book or studying the actual history of the locations before the Europeans arrived. One example is the sati in India. The practice of burning widows alive with their husbands body. Now that is pure evil. Europeans would not tolerate that so the practice was ended and Indian culture was significantly better off for it.
@kleinweichkleinweich
22 сағат бұрын
and we are unbelievably good at being evil
@will._.x_.861
Күн бұрын
Discipline 🎉
@Godonly-v6x
Күн бұрын
Evolutionary timing. But their tendency to put in positions of power people without delayed gratification (discipline) results in what we see today: Russian and Ukraine in intractable conflict. The can has been kicked down the road for a long long time. Colonization is part of that. Chickens will and are coming home to roost. Keep your head down 😊
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