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The early modern period - Renaissance, Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution - occurred among highly competitive, constantly warring European states.
by danjac 5y ago
The early modern period - Renaissance, Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution - occurred among highly competitive, constantly warring European states.
- tsimionescu 5y agoThat's almost like rejecting my example of current US inventions (or at least those from 10 years ago) because the US is technically at war in Irak or Afghanistan. The Renaissance, Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution happened in the propsperous centers of those European countries, in cities that hadn't heard of conquest for a century or more. They were also often the result of international relationships between thinkers and artists across the continent. Competition surely provided some motivation for the Industrial Revolution, but it was not the main impetus, nor was it a major factor for the others.
- danjac 5y ago> The Renaissance, Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution happened in the propsperous centers of those European countries, in cities that hadn't heard of conquest for a century or more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Wars