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Today we watched a video about how different counties have grown over time. They all were poor and sick in the 1800s but as time went on most of them improved to the rich and healthy category. Many of the countries in Asia and Africa took awhile to improve, but slowly got better, even though they still aren't as advanced as the majority of the world. In 1810, the year where the video began, many people didn't live past the age of 40, with a few exceptions like the UK and the Netherlands. They improved more because they joined the Industrial Revolution early, while the countries in Asia and Africa didn't join until later, and some never joined. There was a huge gap on the graph between developing countries and already developed countries. During the 1970s to the 2000s most eastern countries caught up to the western world. Hans Rosling was very optimistic that the world would have peace and green technology but that still hasn't happened.
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