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Great Divergence

Meaning in history, with examples

nounCommon term

In history, Great Divergence means: A term for the widening economic gap between parts of Europe and parts of Asia, and the debate over its timing and causes.

In Turkish: Büyük Ayrışma

How it is used

Specify the regions and indicators compared; the phrase does not assume uniform continents.

Example sentences

  1. The seminar compared wage evidence used in the Great Divergence debate.

    Indicators influence how the economic gap is reconstructed.

  2. Her essay challenges an early date for the Great Divergence.

    The timing is a research question rather than a settled date in the label.

Common collocations

  • the Great Divergence debate
  • the timing of the Great Divergence
  • industrializationThe process by which an economy shifts from mainly farming and handicrafts to large-scale manufacturing in factories using machines.
  • interpretationA particular explanation of what past events meant or why they happened, based on the evidence and on the historian's questions and point of view.

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