Is Europe really in decline? Why the order of the rise and fall of European states?

Europe is not in decline. Because Europe is the region with the most developed countries in the world and social welfare is very perfect, Europe is not in decline.

No, they still have sophisticated technology, and their industries have been transferred to other developing countries. Our country still needs to try to catch up.

It is indeed declining, and it will decline even more so in the future.

What are you kidding, the Europeans may decline casually, to a certain extent they are only in a state of slump, if they develop still very strong.

Reasons for the rise and fall of the Nine Kingdoms:

1. Portugal and Spain:

Rise: These two countries were reformed to become centralized states first, and then accumulated large amounts of capital.

Decline: Acquired by Dutch businessmen, the economy slowly declined.

2. The Netherlands: The Rise: Gather a large amount of capital through the East India Company of the credit cavity, the republican system, and the joint-stock system.

Decline: Britain opened up the market after the completion of the Industrial Revolution and rapidly declined.

3. Britain: Rise: Britain is on an island, with good geographical conditions, and first completed the industrial revolution and quickly became the world hegemon.

Decline: During World War II, the loss of hegemonic status.

4. France: Rise: After the French Revolution and the establishment of Napoleon's empire, it became rapidly powerful.

Decline: In World War II, it did not dominate the struggle and lost its hegemonic status.

5. Germany: Rise: Prime Minister Bismarck's iron-blooded policy and compulsory education have led to the rapid rise of the country's economy and military, and the second industrial revolution has been completed, and industry has also risen to the status of a great power.

Decline: Lost World War II and divided up its capital by other countries.

6. Japan: Rise: After the Meiji Restoration, the rapid development of the country's military, economy, education, etc., coupled with the war reparations given by China, made Japan accumulate a large amount of capital.

Decline: As the defeated side in World War II, the capital was divided among other powers.

7. The United States: Rise: Located in the Americas, there are no powerful countries around, and the geographical conditions are good, which makes the United States develop rapidly and carry out the industrial revolution in time.

Decline: The United States has not declined.

8. The Soviet Union: Rise: Establish a Communist Party and loot European technology at a low price during the Great Depression.

Decline: Inability to compete with capitalism, corruption.

In fact, since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it has lagged behind European countries, and European countries obtained a lot of Chinese gunpowder at that time, and made these gunpowders into **.

China's backwardness to the West began after the 14th century, not overnight, but in the mid-18th century, after the Industrial Revolution began, the gap between China and the West was rapidly widened.

Culturally and institutionally, it began to fall behind at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty.

However, in modern times, it is very backward to talk about it economically, and most of them are military enterprises, generally in 1810-1830 AD, several major powers, the large-scale equipment of steam trains and steamships began.

The Opium War, the British decision was hesitant, indicating that there was no sure victory, and China was not sure to win, and China was Westernized before and after 1853, and Japan was Westernized before and after 1868, and after the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, the Qing Dynasty really realized that it was backward.

During the Qing Dynasty, China was a very feudal country at this time, and it was done behind closed doors. Europe is already powerful, but China is not strong enough.

The first is the transformation of the lords of the city-state into the power of the nobility. The second is the huge technological generation gap brought about by the Great Voyage and the Industrial Revolution. It can be said that compared with the cultural precipitation of nomadic civilization and agrarian civilization, the entire history of maritime civilization is a process of robbery, and this way will not be eliminated.

Because Europe is often an imperialist country, and imperialism means that there will be a lot of wars, people will not be able to make a living, and people will revolt.

It is because they don't know how to innovate, they only know that stability is not good, and the reason is because they choose to close themselves off from the country when the society is progressing.

Since the late Ming Dynasty, China has not made progress in science and technology, and has slowly lagged behind Europe. Later, the Qing Dynasty implemented a closed country, so the gap with Europe became wider and wider, and it was always bullied.

Since the beginning of the First Industrial Revolution, China has lagged behind Europe. Because the first industrial revolution made the economy and science and technology of European countries develop rapidly, which is much more advanced than China, which was dominated by agriculture in the same period.

China probably began to lag behind Europe after 1750, and after 1800 it was already fully behind Europe, largely because of the Qing Dynasty's seclusion.

China gradually lagged behind Europe at the end of the Qianlong period, and the Qing rulers were complacent and closed off from the country, which led to the invasion of Western colonizers and lagged behind European countries.

During the Qing Dynasty. Because the Qing Dynasty closed itself off from the rest of the country, it didn't know that the outside world had entered the era of industrialization, and China was still in the era of agriculture at that time.

<> "Why is a strong Europe now weakening?"

Prehistory] Modern international, known as the Age of Discovery, is actually more than the European era, Europe has produced more than a dozen international powers, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Britain, France, Germany, etc. These countries were all at one time in a prosperous time, seizing colonies on an international scale, earning international wealth, and making Europe an international manipulator. At that time, Europe accounted for more than 80% of the world's wealth, which can be described as a flourishing time.

But why is Europe weakening now? The real reason is actually just one word.

From a practical point of view, the current Europe is no longer the same as the modern Europe, and there is no way to compare the overall strength or the strength of the country. In modern times, 9 out of 10 powerful countries come from Europe, but now there are fewer and fewer international powers, and Europe can be ranked less and less.

The Netherlands and Portugal have long since become small countries; Spain and Italy are now in a state of collapse; Although Britain, France, and Germany are still the troika, their positions in the international community are getting lower and lower, and they are overshadowed by new countries such as India, Brazil, and China. And judging from the trend and the current situation, European countries are still weakening, and their position is becoming more and more precarious. So why is that?

The reason is actually just one word.

In fact, many experts have been studying this problem since World War II, but in layman's terms, as long as there is one word, it is "lazy". Judging from the invention of wealth, only hard work can make you rich. The reason why modern Europe can be so strong, so rich, and so advanced is that the most important thing is hard work.

There are countless Europeans who went abroad to take risks, make money everywhere, and seize colonies, so that there was a strong Europe. It can be said that the current development of the United States is also due to sufficient diligence. And Ou Rolling Hui is constantly weak, but he started from "laziness".

European countries have established well-developed social security systems for the masses, while citizens have dealt with their worries, and under the so-called democracy, Europeans are becoming more and more lazy.

In recent decades, most of the demonstrations in Europe have been caused by demands for a reduction in working hours and an increase in wages, for which working hours have been continuously reduced. For example, in France, the working hours have gradually decreased from 45 hours a week to 35 hours now, and they only work four and a half days a week, and they are not allowed to work overtime. This is especially true in Northern Europe, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, etc., where the working time is constantly reduced, and the intensity is slightly higher, and mass demonstrations are immediately carried out.

In line with this trend, the working time will be further reduced. In contrast, in the new China, people work without sleep and food, many factories do not rest for a few days a month, and most Chinese in Daheng are busy all day, which is in stark contrast to the leisurely and "lazy" European new cities.

Therefore, this may be the real reason for the decline of Europe, wealth is invented with both hands, no country can be strong because it is lazy, and no country is not weak because it is lazy. Therefore, from this point of view, the biggest foundation of China's thousands of years of prosperity is the industrious tradition of the Chinese nation, and the most basic knowledge Chinese is to become rich through hard work, which is the key to a strong future.