Cliodynamics

The article suggests that the Great Divergence of the 19 ^th century between “the West” and “the East” was preceded by the Great Divergence in the 18 ^th century between the Global North and the Global South. This may be attributed to a new, much higher level of state efficiency in the Global North. The eastern and western regions of the Global North frequently used different methods to make their state apparatuses more efficient, but achieved strikingly similar results during the 18 ^th century. The Great Divergence of the 19 ^th century, remarkably, occurred within the Global North.