HuggyBear1020 said: Skin pigment has no genetic bearing on IQ, creativity, or civility. It wouldn't make a difference one way or the other. Click to expand...

I assumed as much, and figured he meant that the events that occurred in the European continent were absent of the populations that adapted there, and instead remained dormant to only its native ecology, until an outside power claimed it.For the purpose of this thread, meaning that what powers would have risen to prominence in the void that the west had vacated, from ancient world to modern.My guess is that the Middle Eastern powers would have been the premiere powers, until they stagnated when Christianity and Islam began spreading from Judaism, where the Chinese would go on to be the most powerful nation until the current day. Africa and likely North and South America would likely have become subordinate to eastern powers, during this time. If or how these nations regain their independence from eastern influence would be anyone's guess tho.