POL S101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: European Colonialism, Economic Globalization, Arab Spring
18 Apr 2016
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Present global politics as a series of dichotomies, e. g. Overlooks several complexities that do not fit neatly into these dichotomies. China and india in the 21st century. Post 2008, we continually hear about the west"s stagnating economy. Since 1980s, china"s economy has doubled every 5 years. Since 1990s, india"s economy has experienced a 7% growth each year. China and india are two of the oldest civilization in the world, and european colonialism was a tiny fraction of that time. China"s history of trade can be trade to the great silk road 3500 years ago. Great silk road: 7000 km trade route stretching from china to the roman empire, made up of. Second largest economy in the world, the biggest exporter, and the second-biggest importer both land and sea routes that are still used today in world trade. Transfer of various goods, philosophies and religions, especially confucianism. Highly influential on ideologies and political systems throughout the world.
