Originally Posted by Chief

I am certainly of the same belief as war child, it has everything to do with the culture, but resource rich Europe? Common now, in comparison to Africa Europe is hardly resource rich. And plus, if you want to talk about harsh climates, maybe you might want to head to the beautifully successful nations of Norway, Finland, or even the relatively and increasingly successful Russia.

Certainly the flow of information is what helped European nations rise up, after all compare the Germanic tribes to Rome in its day, were the Germans isolated they might very well of remained that way. But the fact is their culture evolved, their society evolved and over time they became a success in their own right - and obviously still are today. The fact is African culture, tradition, tribalism has yet to really undertake such a significant evolution, and that's why they are still stuck in the mess they are today - not because of Western intervention as you originally claimed.