53) displacement of economic prosperity centers Written by Rainer: rainer.lehrer@yahoo.com Learn languages (via Skype): Rainer: + 36 20 549 52 97 or + 36 20 334 79 74

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Displacement of economic prosperity centers The first large social and economic centres in Egypt, Babylon, China (Yangtse - the yellow river) and India (Ganges and Indus) were grouped around a river and then around a ruler. It was about controlling agricultural land. Soon there was a lively trade between these areas and the centre of power shifted more to the nodes of the trade routes, such as the Mediterranean: the Greeks in the east and the Black Sea, the Phoenicians in the west, or Petra, for example, in Syria, where the country caravans from different directions met. The Persians united trade between India, China and the Mediterranean. Later the Romans came and occupied the entire Mediterranean. The Mongols from Korea to Moscow for a short time and the Arabs from Malaysia to Spain for a long time. The first could not last long because they could not really organize the empire and actually did not trade, but only robbed. The Arabs created a cultural-religious background, imparting not only goods but also science. From a technical point of view, however, this was still very initial; again and again, the seas had to be connected by land routes, since the ships were not seaworthy. The Portuguese, Spaniards and English, Dutch made the world a big, global village. With the help of the steam engine, every point in the world could be reached within 3 months. What was initially the great advantage of Europe, competition, became a disadvantage when the United States began to enter the game. After World War II, the United States took the lead of the globalized world by taking control of the Panama Canal, the Strait of Singapore and the Gulf of Somalia, thus the Suez Canal, as the main merchant shipping routes and oil-producing countries. In addition, they forced all oil-producing countries to sell oil only in dollars. The ever-increasing energy consumption required ever-larger amounts of money on the world market, which allowed the Americans to print new amounts of dollars, and thus founded their wealth virtually free of charge. Of course, this is not the end of the development. For example, countries like China or India have a population size, within their own country, which exceeds that of all industrialized countries together. But Asia does not seem to me to be the new, ideal centre either. Asian cultures are too decadent and bogged down and therefore offer no opportunities for renewal. I rather see the future in either South America or Africa. South America is a bit cut off because it only has coasts and is also burdened by European culture. Africa, on the other hand, seems to have the perfect cultural nihil to build on without having to destroy too much. For centuries, the black African part in particular has only been deprived of her natural and human sources. The time will come when this continent will take its worthy place in the world. Back to list!

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