This reminds me of the book we mentioned in class (the name is Looking Towards the East or something). Most of the descriptions of the Indians are written by the European, which, I believe, would inevitably involve some "sympathy" that portrays them as utterly innocent victims.

Reminds me of the typhoon Kamikaze, which saved the Japanese twice from the invasion of the Mongols

I've always thought the Englishmen bought the slaves from Africa.

Is it because the French did not have the problems (depression in cloth industry, inflation, dispossessed peasants, etc.) that the Englishmen were having?

Another brutal act done in the name of religion in human history.

Were they duplicating the way of treating captives back in Europe or this was specifically done to the "barbarians"?

I failed to put this link in the last time!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_the_Republic_of_China_(1912)

Some countries are employing the political system they developed(or learned from other countries) not too long ago while others are using the one that has been gradually transforming over centuries. But even the "newly developed" or "borrowed" political systems can't be exempted from being influenced by the nation's history. For example, the Provisional Government of the Republic of China, which was established in 1912, was ideally aimed to copy the democratic political system from the West. However, though it forced the last emperor of the Qing dynasty to abdicate. It continued to offer protection as well as money to the imperial family. The failure of this government is also greatly due to people's unswerving loyalty to the emperor as well as the monarchy.