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Thursday, June 13, 2002
 
How the West Was Won

That's West as in Western Civilization. Here is an article by Peter Watson in The Times that discusses how Islam went from the scholastic throne that they sat upon until around 1000 to a backwards regime utterly dominated in every way by the West. There are a few competing theories about what exactly propelled the West ahead. It seems to me that the underlying theme of success is free trade.