For the educated layperson here in the West the rise of China and the Middle-East appears to be about 30 years old. Before then it seems the West had dominated for about 500 years-others for 2,000 years. However, author John M. Hobson exposes this framework as the creation of 19th century Eurocentric propaganda. Rather the window of time where the West has led the East is less than less than 200 years.
