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To: TobagoJack who wrote (60277)	1/22/2010 8:51:03 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217737

Center feared loss of control to the guys going to the periphery. The guys surrounded the center of power jealous of those guys coming from abroad getting a share of the ear of the royals. Even in the 80s the multinationals had this block the outsiders coming to HQ to get ba share of the ear of the big shots. Columbus ostracized lots of examples I extrapolated to come to this above conclusion.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (60277)	1/22/2010 8:57:34 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217737

The Portuguese, who only knew how to buy and sell, blocked by Moslems of the Ottoman empire, who stopped the Silk Road went around and the rest is history. That rich trade from the East after Portugal went around Cape of Good Hope, arrived in Europe created a rich class of Jews in Portugal. They were expelled, went to Flandres (where today is Holland/ Belgium. From there they helped the Dutch take over the Portuguese empire. People who only know how to buy and sell, and are not indusrialist, were very important to shape the world the way it is today. You Chinese who are industrialist par execellence beware....