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> The claim from the Greek historian is that this is what caused eastern science and engineering to stagnate compared to Greek/Roman efforts. I am not an histo
by ramblenode 4y ago
> The claim from the Greek historian is that this is what caused eastern science and engineering to stagnate compared to Greek/Roman efforts.
I am not an historian, but is this really true? Scientists/mathematicians then were philosophers or "natural philosophers" and it seems like most of the famous ones also worked on things like metaphysics.
- fooker 4y agoIt’s definitely true that European, Arabic, and Chinese engineering overtook Indians at some point in ancient history. If I had to put a timestamp on it, it would be the fall of the Maurya empire around 200BC when the Roman War Machine was getting more and more organized and industrialized.