It seems surprising that by the outbreak of WW1, the economic centre of gravity was hovering to the west of Greece. In other words, all of the European imperial powers scrambling over Africa and the New World still produced less combined output than Asia, Oceania, the Middle East and eastern parts of Europe and Africa.
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It seems surprising that by the outbreak of WW1, the economic centre of gravity was hovering to the west of Greece. In other words, all of the European imperial powers scrambling over Africa and the New World still produced less combined output than Asia, Oceania, the Middle East and eastern parts of Europe and Africa.
Yeah I found that curious too