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The West had a real and sustained edge over the Rest for most of 500 years
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- Niall Ferguson Scottish-American historian
The West had patently enjoyed a real and sustained edge over the Rest for most of the previous 500 years.
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↗Civilization: The West and the Rest (The Penguin Press, 2011)archive.org
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