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Jiang contrasts river civilizations, whose population centers expand through irrigation, with Britain and Europe, whose lack of major rivers keeps populations diffused and allows foreign conquest and destruction.
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Foreign Conquest
Jiang contrasts river civilizations, whose population centers expand through irrigation, with Britain and Europe, whose lack of major rivers keeps populations diffused and allows foreign conquest and destruction.
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"...because the population is so diffused and limited, it allows for foreign conquests, okay?"
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"Which allows for great destruction. And that's the main factor driving innovation in Britain. So that's the history of the British Empire. Any questions?..."
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Britain becomes empire not because it begins powerful, but because it begins divided, poor, exposed, and forced to change.
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