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2024-06-11 03:00:13 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 63AC7EB3177AE2BAA5AED02EC18BC04E91201F7903E3839A4010448630C5C543
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Intercontinental trade & democracy, predated the enlightenment (17th to 18th c) by millennia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_democracy#antiquity The transatlantic slave trade peaked in the 18th c with 60% of the total trafficked people. https://www.britannica.com/topic/transatlantic-slave-trade Life expectancy increases mostly happened in the 20th c, well after the enlightenment. https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy
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