History of Wine Presentation

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Thoughts and Reflections on The rigin of the Modern World

     When looking at history, it seems to be primarily dominated by Europe. Every other continent seems to be in the state it's in because of European colonization or influence. Everything is painted as being in reaction to Europe. That basically sums up the Eurocentric belief. Western culture arose in Europe two centuries ago, the industrial revolution happened, a that was that. But this version of events is extremely narrow and limiting. It implies that the rise of Europe was inevitable. The only reason that parts of Europe prospered so much was that they had access to the resources they needed such as coal. The rise of Europe as the figurative center of the world was highly contingent and coincidental. In accepting that the rise of Europe was not, in fact, inevitable, we accept that the continued power of Europe is not ensured.