<p>He is right…western civilization did control the world in the past 500 years. Why is that hard to accept? He isn’t stating that it is better, more reasonable, or more capable, but rather simply that they emerged on top. With this point, it is simply implied that the most significant factor of the last 500 years would then be western civilization. Not including that in modern history would be like studying 1932-1945 and not once mentioning totalitarianism.</p>