"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
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"Jim Wilkins" on Mon, 4 Nov 2019
19:10:33 -0500

The question comes: why did (the English especially) Western
Europe get not just the "science" but the technological advances?
Starting with gun-powder. The Chinese had it, but firearms never
became "big".

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pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

https://www.learnchinesehistory.com/...nnons-history/

"Xena" showed pretty good examples of that Chinese artillery, although
they couldn't resist adding in an apparent nuke.

Western guns (gonnes) were similarly crude in that era and didn't fit
the ethic of the heroic knight.