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    The western portion of Europe experienced vast industrialization, as well as a significant amount of growth of power compared to the regions surrounding them. Without advances in scientific knowledge and technology, the rise of the west would not have occurred. Scientific and technological advancements enabled the west to create an industrially and economically dominant culture.

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    CarolineCox,MadelineHeisner
    Martin
    HumanitiesII6th
    19February2016
    ArgumentEssay#3
    Duringthetimeperiod17501900thewesternportionofEuropeexperiencedvast
    industrialization,aswellasasignificantamountofgrowthofpowercomparedtotheregions
    surroundingthem.Thecauseofthisriseofthewestisoftenheavilydebated,howeveritis
    consistentlyapparentthatthecauseisrootedintheadvancementsofknowledgethroughoutthe
    region.Withoutadvancesinscientificknowledgeandtechnology,Europewouldhavenever
    acceptedandenforcedcapitalism,whichalsocontributedheavilytotheamountofgrowthin
    Europe.Itisprevalentthatwithoutscientificknowledgeandadvancementsinscientific
    technology,theriseoftheWestwouldnothaveeveroccurred.
    ScientificandtechnologicaladvancementsenabledtheWesttocreateanindustriallyand
    economicallydominantculture.ImmanuelWallersteinarguedthatsincethelatemiddleagesand
    thescientificrevolution,modernityhasbecomeanexpressionofWesternculture(Wallerstein
    567).WallersteinsargumentconveysthebeliefthattheWesthasgrowntoidentifywith
    modernity,whichprovesthefactthatscientificinnovationwasaleadingcauseofWestern
    dominance.Wallersteinlaterarguesthattheriseofproductionleadtotheriseofcapitalism,and
    thatcapitalismiswhatempoweredEurope(Wallerstein570).ImmanuelWallersteins
    correlationofproductionandtheempowermentofEuroperationalizesthecausationofEuropean
    dominance.Thisprovesonceagainthattheriseofproduction,stemmingfromknowledge



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    advancements,helpedtherapidriseofcapitalism,whichalludestotheriseofpowerthat
    occurredinlateryears.
    MatthewFailsarguesthateachareaoftheworlddevelopsindifferentways,andthatthe
    growthofacivilizationisdirectlycorrelatedtothearea(Fails508).Thisassertionsupportsthe
    factthattheWestcouldbecomemorescientificallyadvancedthanotherregionsoftheworld
    becauseitdevelopedinadifferentfashionthantheEasternhemisphere.Thedifferentstyleof
    development,whichinthiscasewouldbetheriseofscientificknowledgeleadingtotheriseof
    capitalism,allowedEuropetogainmorepowerbecauseofthedifferenceindevelopment.Fails
    laterexplainsthatpoorregionsinEuropewereinitiallyminimallypopulated.(Fails489).This
    enabledEuropeanstosettleingreaternumbers,whichlaterfueledthedevelopmentof
    institutions.Thus,EuropeendedupwithimmenselymoreprofitableinstitutionsthanNorth
    America,Australia,andAsiaduetotheheavyamountofsettlersintheirregion,andtheir
    knowledgetocreateinstitutionswiththeselargenumbers.Withouttheinitialadvancementof
    knowledgeallowingthemtoknowtosettleingreatnumbers,andsettleinthoseregions,they
    wouldhaveneverdevelopedprofitableinstitutions.
    Althoughcountriesallovertheworldindustrializedinthelateeighteenththroughthe
    twentiethcentury,therewasacleardistinctionbetweentheadvancementleveloftheeastand
    westhemispheres.ThewesternportionofEuropeclearlydevelopedmorerapidlythantheregions
    surroundingthem.Duetotechnological,scientific,andknowledgeadvancements,theRiseof
    theWestwasaphenomenonthatwasinevitable.



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