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Actually it's been nonstop for over 2000 years. Even under the ancient Romans and Greeks Europeans were far ahead of anyone else in the world
This is utterly ridiculous and completely ahistorical.
The Persian Empire for example was head and shoulders above anything during its' time in terms of power and sophistication. The Greeks were just a bunch of pitiful citiystates compared to it, and not more of an annoyance for most of its' time. The Greeks had sone great philosophers, but the Persians were the ones making great inventions et al (e.g. the calendar).
The Romans had a more than worthy opponent with tge Sassanids, and their successor were the one opponent they could never beat. The Middle Ages were a truly backwarda time, when Europeans were living in the ruins of the Romans. Meanwhile the Arabs experiwnced an golden age. We know from travel locks that Europeans who visited the ME felt embarassed about their inferiority. The Ottoman Empire was ahead of all Europeans for centuries. The Mongols were basically unstoppable, and only the timely death of the Khan saved central Europe from them. Indeed, many scholars contribute the rise of the West partly to the weakening of the East by the Mongols, who destroyed cities like Bagdad that dwarved anything in Europe.
And all of that leaves out China, that was more prosperous for most of its' hostory. It leaves out the people in Southern America that build large cities in the oth century when you could only find ruins in Europe. I could go on, but your point is simply ludicrous. This is not up for debate, but accepted by historians. In any book written about the rise of the West, it is acknowledged that the West was until perhaps the late 18th century not very special. Their are studies showing that until the Industriam revolution, Europe's trade output was awfully small compared to the rest if the world.
