Witch0Winter
Banned
Something that's been bugging me for a while but that I lack the knowledge to really start on researching, but why is it that, after the Mongol invasions and devastation of China and the Middle East, it was Europe and not India who would end up dominating the world by the 19th century?
Many people point out that Europe went (mostly) untouched by the Mongols and thus was spared their wrath, but the Indian subcontinent was, more or less, left untouched as well and was certainly at the time one of the major centers of world power and GDP. So, to repeat my question, why did India never rise out of this geopolitical mess and become the dominant world region instead of Europe?
Many people point out that Europe went (mostly) untouched by the Mongols and thus was spared their wrath, but the Indian subcontinent was, more or less, left untouched as well and was certainly at the time one of the major centers of world power and GDP. So, to repeat my question, why did India never rise out of this geopolitical mess and become the dominant world region instead of Europe?