Economic+Geography

During the Imperial Period Between 1820 and 1913 >
 * GDP of UK increases 6 times, per capita increases 2.9
 * GDP of Germany increases 9 times, per capita 3.4
 * GDP of US increases 41 times, per capita 4.2
 * China GDP fell from 33% to 9%
 * India GDP fell from 16% to 8%
 * UK GDP rose from 5% to 8%
 * US GDP rose from 2% to 19%
 * India was ruled by Britain
 * China was ruled by a commercial, military conglomerate of US, Europe and Japan

for the first time EVER, there were rich countries and poor countries. Global imperialism and the "Third World" are creations of the late 1900s.

source of wealth today: petroleum [|Where is the world's oil supply?]