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2024-06-10 20:03:55 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D30C8D7E429428A8C52B8B90435DAABAE939094BE8EC73EE393B17D3869B286A
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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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