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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Applying</span> == '''Modeling 'The Resource Drain' (Visualizing the colonial trade loop):''' <syntaxhighlight lang="python"> def simulate_colonial_trade(raw_material_cost, manufacture_markup): """ Shows how the colony loses wealth twice. """ # 1. Colony sells raw material for cheap colony_income = raw_material_cost # 2. Colonizer manufactures and sells back for high price final_price = raw_material_cost * manufacture_markup # 3. Colony must pay 'Final Price' to get the product back colony_net_loss = final_price - colony_income return { "Colony Income": f"${colony_income}", "Colony Must Pay": f"${final_price}", "Net Wealth Transferred to Colonizer": f"${colony_net_loss}" } # Case: Cotton from India turned into shirts in UK print(simulate_colonial_trade(10, 15)) </syntaxhighlight> ; Colonial Landmarks : '''The British East India Company''' β A private corporation that conquered and ruled India for 100 years, proving that "Colonialism" was a business venture. : '''The Partition of India (1947)''' β The sudden and violent split of India and Pakistan that killed 1 million people and created a "Permanent Conflict" in Asia. : '''The Bandung Conference (1955)''' β The first meeting of "Newly Independent" nations (The Third World) who decided they would no longer follow the US or the USSR. : '''Museum Repatriation''' β The modern movement to "Give back" the stolen art (like the Benin Bronzes) that European colonizers put in their museums. </div> <div style="background-color: #8B4500; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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