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<blockquote data-quote="Ixal" data-source="post: 8338081" data-attributes="member: 7030132">You forget that in monarchies the word of one man shapes nations. Napoleon could not wrap his head around the concept of steam driven ships which destroyed any chance of breaking British naval superiority. And Shaka Zulu rejected guns, resulting in the military stagnation of the Zulu and ensured that no effort was spend in acquiring or even manufacturing their own guns which resulted in them having very few and inferior guns in the Anglo-Zulu war. (Don't forget that the Zulu existed for way longer than when Shaka lived. Plenty of time to adopt some technology from Europeans and Arabs).Was this difference used as pretext to justify colonialization? Yes. But that difference existed and was no invention by the Europeans.&nbsp; There were numerous instances where people with a vast difference in technology met and also many instances where technological diffusion was very slow or not existing for various reasons, the same way there were instances of rapid adoption of technology.And being offended lies squarely with those people who complain that, in order to better describe a situation where there is a huge technological gap between two groups, the word primitive which fits perfectly to the actual situation. That you bring race into it also makes me wonder how objective you are.By the way, when talking about editors, you know that they often do much larger changes without asking, right? Right here on Enworld a editor changed a &quot;Worlds of Design&quot; articles headline and intro so much that it had a completely different meaning and was very confusing to read without informing the author at all.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.enworld.org/threads/worlds-of-design-when-nations-expand.680950/[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ixal, post: 8338081, member: 7030132"] You forget that in monarchies the word of one man shapes nations. Napoleon could not wrap his head around the concept of steam driven ships which destroyed any chance of breaking British naval superiority. And Shaka Zulu rejected guns, resulting in the military stagnation of the Zulu and ensured that no effort was spend in acquiring or even manufacturing their own guns which resulted in them having very few and inferior guns in the Anglo-Zulu war. (Don't forget that the Zulu existed for way longer than when Shaka lived. Plenty of time to adopt some technology from Europeans and Arabs). Was this difference used as pretext to justify colonialization? Yes. But that difference existed and was no invention by the Europeans. There were numerous instances where people with a vast difference in technology met and also many instances where technological diffusion was very slow or not existing for various reasons, the same way there were instances of rapid adoption of technology. And being offended lies squarely with those people who complain that, in order to better describe a situation where there is a huge technological gap between two groups, the word primitive which fits perfectly to the actual situation. That you bring race into it also makes me wonder how objective you are. By the way, when talking about editors, you know that they often do much larger changes without asking, right? Right here on Enworld a editor changed a "Worlds of Design" articles headline and intro so much that it had a completely different meaning and was very confusing to read without informing the author at all. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.enworld.org/threads/worlds-of-design-when-nations-expand.680950/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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