Rise of the West

The rise of the west is a topic that is heavily debatable. Some people believe in a Eurocentrism. This belief is not simply that it views history from a European point of view, but that it is one of many ethnocentric views of the world. Eurocentrism also emphasizes the superiority of Western culture. It makes Europe out to be the shaper of the rest of the world. Others such as Robert Marks believe the way that I do. It is that certain circumstances lead to the progression of a society, not that their culture is superior to the others. If certain things are needed and resources are available an answer to a problem can be made. Some cultures just reach the problem faster, have resources to solve it, and that leads to them advancing ahead of everyone else technologically.
Before Europe had reached its level of power there was no true center of control. Back in the fourteenth century, the Old World was connected by eight interlinking trade zones within three great subsystems...