自从1500年左右大航海时代到来之后,世界的东西方之间的力量对比开始发生重要转变。原先一直在世界上处于领先地位的东方国家比如中国开始逐渐式微,而借着新航路开辟得以不断壮大的欧洲国家则不断发展壮大,并在后来的历史进程中超越了东方的那些古老国家。世界历史在近代也成为了一部以欧洲 Since the advent of the era of great voyage in around 1500, a major shift in the balance of power between the East and the West has taken place. Eastern countries such as China, which had been leading the world for a long time, began to decline gradually. And European countries that were expanding through the new route continued to grow and surpass the ancient countries in the east in later historical progress. World history has also become a part of Europe in modern times