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Highly developed civilizations have always spread in human history their cultural influence to other peoples and nations. This applies particularly — but not at all exclusively — to technological aspects. Technology tends to be borderless. Even in prehistorical times new technologies have been widely distributed over vast areas, as the use of bow and arrow or the potter’s wheel do suggest. Countless are the engravings of old cultures on our European life: Indians and Hethitians, Greeks and Romans, Arabs and Turks have all contributed to our philosophy, sciences, conveniences and necessities of daily life. Even noodles, oranges and silk from China or potatoes, tobacco and maize from South America have entered the life of our ancestors centuries ago.
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Schneidewind, D. (1992). A European Industrial Perspective. In: Leuenberger, T., Weinstein, M.E. (eds) Europe, Japan and America in the 1990s. Europe-Asia-Pacific Studies in Economy and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77741-7_5
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