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I've heard in this forum that the geography and resources available give European nations a clear advantage. But could other regions end up dominating the world in the long-run? I'm thinking particularly of either Sassanid Persia or possible successors, the Muslim world, perhaps an early unified India, or either Han or Song China. Success would likely be determined by discovery of New World resources and Industrialization, I think. Could it be Chinese Ironclads sailing opening English ports, or Arab and Persian powers arbitrarily drawing colonial boundaries across Germany and France? Likely not, as Europe must be seeen as worthless to the powers of that world, more likely it will be penal colonies, or something else?
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