Comparing the three most scientifically advanced countries

Europe, China, and the realm of Islam were all majorly advanced in the scientific world. China had its' education. They focused on the writings and examiniations of Confucianism. One scholar once said that "the pursuit of scientific subjects was thereby regulated to the margins of Chinese society." He meant that the Chinese just wanted to focus on their religion and how studying and learning what Confucianism is all about was their main goal in excelling. In addition,unlike the Europeans, they did not believe in making independant institutions just for scholars who would be studying with freedom. On the other hand, the realm of Islam saw that philosophy and natural science were just lies in the world and they wanted to pursue in education by Quranic studies and religious law. Inside their religious book, the Quran, which was the divine guidance and direction for mankind, and considered the original Arabic text and final revelation of God,was what all religious scholars thought and believed in. They tried challenging scientificly speaking and humorously failed because they still believed that "God would protect them from useless knowledge." Last, but not least, Europe had a whole new twist to advancing scientifically. By the twelfth to thirteenth century, Europe had progressed dramatically ahead of all the other countries. They came up with a variety of institutions including the Church, towns/cities, and even universities. Like I said in the realm of Islam, they believed that relgious law was more important than any other aspect for advancement, which makes sense why Europe was so far ahead of them in the "race." The race so to speaking is who can be the most advanced. So instead, they followed secular law. Europeans found themselves exchaning all sorts of important resources from all over the world. Some major staple resources were lands, people, plants, and animals. The 4 key, in my mind, elements to survive and acheive great things. Europe had found a more useful and quicker way to develop their technology compared to China and the realm of Islam.