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Quote by: RealRockingham  Only from like 1700/1800 to1880 would that really
be so(backwardness)....
China was quite economically superior to all other states until
around 1800(when surpassed by GB), though in political and
military terms it was behind way before then. |
But calling a whole region of the world "backwards" seems both futile and pompous. Futile because all regions are "backwards" in one way or another -- and pompous for that same reason.
It's also in the eye of the beholder. One might call a region without prohibition "backwards," or one might think prohibition is.
Grandpa h.