Explore the possible reasons and causes why the Scientific Revolution occurred in Europe rather than in Asia, the Middle East, or elsewhere? Cover or touch on each of the topics below, 500 words, Chicago Style in text citation when necessary.
Europe's had unusually autonomous universities in which scholars could pursue their studies in relative freedom from the dictates of church or state authorities.
Western Europe was in a position to draw extensively upon the knowledge of other cultures, especially that of the Islamic world.
The Age of Exploration shook up older ways of thinking and opened the way to new conceptions of the world.
In the Islamic world, philosophy and natural science were viewed with great suspicion by the Ulama.
In China, education focused on preparing for a rigidly defined set of civil service examinations and emphasized the humanistic and moral texts of classical Confucianism.