If aliens had shown up to earth around 1400 CE and only wanted to speak with representatives of the most developed nations, they would have skipped western Europeans entirely. The Chinese, Indians, Aztecs, Arabs, some African nations, maybe the Byzantines, they'd get invited. But not western Europeans, that place was a backwater.
If aliens had shown up to earth around 1400 CE and only wanted to speak with representatives of the most developed nations, they would have skipped western Europeans entirely. The Chinese, Indians, Aztecs, Arabs, some African nations, maybe the Byzantines, they'd get invited. But not western Europeans, that place was a backwater.