Tag: Opium Wars

China – The Emerging Global Giant Part 1 (of a 2 Part Series)

The study of world power has been blighted by Eurocentric historians who have distorted and ignored the dominant role China played in the world economy between 1100 and 1800.  It is especially important to emphasize how China, the world technological power between 1100 and 1800, made the West’s emergence possible.  It was only by borrowing […]

The Rise of the House of Rothschild Part 3 (of a 6 Part Series): 1860 – 1890

North America and the United States was the New World. It was a land that was free of the dogmas attached to Europe, and it was worked by hard, determined people.  There was no restriction to upward mobility, unlike Europe. It was also a land very rich in natural resources, with a temperate climate. Since […]

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