If you take the 10 countries that went on to become the Western empires, in 1500 they were really quite tiny -- five percent of the world's land surface, 16 percent of its population, maybe 20 percent of its income.
Ako uzmete 10 zemalja koje su postale zapadna carstva, 1500-tih bili su prilično sićušni -- na pet posto zemljine površine, 16 posto populacije, možda 20 posto dohotka.