How Did Western Europe Cause The Stifling And Decline Of Scientific Progress

On the other hand, I postulate that it was the conservative religious thoughts that largely caused the stifling and decline of scientific progress in the Ottoman empire. The start of the Dark Ages in Europe coincides with the closing of Plato’s Academy and creation of the first monasteries in 529 AD. The churches acted as the dominant providers of knowledge and scholasticism and controlled information by using Latin, only understood by the rich. During this time, views not in accord with the church was suppressed and advancements in technology and science stagnated for over 500 years.

Again, in the country where the Renaissance was started, further scientific development practically stopped as it was under the control of the Catholic Church. When Northern Europe was mainly Protestant and religiously free to start thinking and questioning again, the scientific progress, which started in southern Europe in Porturgal with the Renaissance moved north, to England, France and Germany. Those were had the freedom of speech to make judgments and liberty to conduct experiments related to the workings of the natural world were able
Even if the Ottomans tried to keep track of scientific and technological developments from the Western world, there was also little interest by the Ottomans in learning the Latin and Western languages, which was the language of the majority of the printed books, which slowed down the dissemination of key European information into the Ottoman empire. Scientific progress in Ottoman empire was bound to be retarded by such religious restrictions, as Europe had experienced under the repressive control of the Catholic