Intra-Country vs. Inter-Country Inequality in the 14th-17th Centuries

The Great Divergence: Global Economic Inequality and the Industrial Revolution

Ibn Battuta

Between-Country Income Inequality in the 2020 World Distribution

Shift in the Nature of Global Inequality: From Intra-Country to Inter-Country Dominance

Figure 1.1: Visualizing Early Global Economic Equality

The 'Economically Flat' World of a Millennium Ago

Determinants of Economic Standing Across History

An economic historian compares two hypothetical individuals: Person A, a peasant living in 11th-century Persia, and Person B, a merchant living in 11th-century France. They find the economic disparity between them is primarily due to their different social roles. The historian then compares Person C, a software engineer in modern-day Nigeria, with Person D, a software engineer in modern-day Norway. Which statement best analyzes the fundamental shift in the nature of global inequality between these two eras?

Arrange the following descriptions of the global economy in chronological order, from the earliest historical period to the most recent.

Evaluating a Historical Economic Claim

Reconciling the 'Flat World' with Internal Inequality

The statement that the world was 'economically flat' around the year 1000 implies that there was very little economic inequality of any kind during that period.

Match each historical period with the description that best characterizes the dominant form of global economic inequality during that time.

An economic historian presents data showing that in the year 1000, the average income in Western Europe was only slightly higher than in China and India. However, by the year 1900, the average income in Western Europe was many times greater than in both China and India. This dramatic widening of income gaps between different regions of the world is a central illustration of which economic concept?

Historical Perspective on Modern Inequality

The dramatic increase in income disparity between nations that began around the 17th century, marking a shift from a relatively equal global economy, is referred to by economic historians as the ____ ____.

Global Inequality in the 14th Century: The Primacy of Class Over Location