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The Renaissance in Europe ushered in a new age of scientific and intellectual inquiry and appreciation of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations.

Around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg developed a printing press, which allowed works of literature to spread more quickly.

The European Age of Empires saw European ideas of education in philosophy, religion, arts and sciences spread out across the globe.

Missionaries and scholars also brought back new ideas from other civilisations-as with the Jesuit China missions who played a significant role in the transmission of knowledge, science, and culture between China and the West, translating Western works like Euclids Elements for Chinese scholars and the thoughts of Confucius for Western audiences.

The Enlightenment saw the emergence of a more secular educational outlook in the West.