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The conflicts which the world faces nowadays are not only about "Who?s got the power?" also about "Who?s got culture?"
Just remember that the Arabic region has had a very high old culture when the U.S. didn?t dream of existing, before of Columbus.
Remember that in all the history books we read, and all the books our children learn about, the middle age is normally thought of as a dark period.
For the Arabs, it wasn?t quite like that, was it? They had a great culture developing between 600 and 1200, reaching its high point around 1300, while Europe was full of religious wars.
Another example is India. Their products, f.e. silk, were better than the ones of the British Empire, but the Brits needed tea. So they stole Gold and Silver from Africa to trade it with the salesmen from India, for silk etc. Now there was an opium war too... generalized we can say that while Great Britain was industrialized, India was de - industrialized (no more "higher", "industrial" products, but agricultural ones).
I think some books should be rewritten. Its always European, Northern or Western history we learn, because this is in the interest of those who are in power. "To bomb someone back into the Middle Age"- hah!
What we need is Universal History. A history that covers the view of a certain country/ region from its own point of view.
Feel free to discuss.
Just remember that the Arabic region has had a very high old culture when the U.S. didn?t dream of existing, before of Columbus.
Remember that in all the history books we read, and all the books our children learn about, the middle age is normally thought of as a dark period.
For the Arabs, it wasn?t quite like that, was it? They had a great culture developing between 600 and 1200, reaching its high point around 1300, while Europe was full of religious wars.
Another example is India. Their products, f.e. silk, were better than the ones of the British Empire, but the Brits needed tea. So they stole Gold and Silver from Africa to trade it with the salesmen from India, for silk etc. Now there was an opium war too... generalized we can say that while Great Britain was industrialized, India was de - industrialized (no more "higher", "industrial" products, but agricultural ones).
I think some books should be rewritten. Its always European, Northern or Western history we learn, because this is in the interest of those who are in power. "To bomb someone back into the Middle Age"- hah!
What we need is Universal History. A history that covers the view of a certain country/ region from its own point of view.
Feel free to discuss.