How Did The West Dominate The Rest Of The Twentieth Century

In the modern day, western nations such as the United States and England have come to predominate the world in the political and technological fields. This can be attributed to specific choices and attitudes western nations took in three key points of world history: the fifteenth, nineteenth and twentieth century. One reason I believe that the West came to predominate over the rest of the world in the fifteenth century is the stagnation of innovative ideas in eastern countries due to isolation. In the early 15th century China, with its massive ships called junks, dwarfed the power of any western nations navy at the time. This maritime superiority was so prominent that the commander of a fleet of Junks, Zheng He, recalled his experiences as
In the western religious wars, colonization of the Americas, drove the growth and development of the governmental, technological, and medicinal advancements of western countries in the years that followed. While China remained stagnant. Imperialism and industrialization came to define Europe and specifically the English in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. England's industrial revolution in the mid eighteenth century, a result of European aptitude for experimentation, made manufacturing goods faster and cheaper. This in turn created new demand for raw materials. One way to pursue this raw material was to colonize land abundant with them. European colonization led to the mercantilism system which contributed significantly to the wealth of European nations and increased the gap between the east and west. Not only was the fact that Europe industrialized first important to the west, predominating the east, but also how eastern nations
The development of the atomic bomb was a major factor which caused the west, specifically the United States, to predominate over the rest of the world between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries. The development of the atomic bomb marked a turning point in human history at large. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan served as a swift display of the United States' destructive might. President Truman articulated this terrifying power saying, “If [the Japanese] do not now accept our terms they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the likes of which has never been seen on this earth”. This threat reverberated to deter any nations who may seek to challenge the western superpower. This rule through fear led to resentment from other nations, the USSR even compared the English speaking world to the tyranny of Hitler. The implementation of the Marshall Plan in 1948, a plan to prevent the spread of communism, allowed America to maintain their dominance through economic superiority in the post wartime period. By anchoring American goods in the economies of foreign nations, they were able to not only make profit but also spread their ideas through goods such as Hollywood