Taking the countries of origin of the mathematicians chosen here as a proxy for the amount of "mathematics done" in each region shows a few patterns. Notably t

Taking the countries of origin of the mathematicians chosen here as a proxy for the amount of "mathematics done" in each region shows a few patterns. Notably the explosion of math in Europe from the 1500s. I wonder if the printing revolution had something to do with this. Gutenberg died in ~ 1470