By the 1400s, China had developed an immense naval exploration capacity and high-level technology, however, they had no interest in the Europe of the Dark Ages, so through that century, China retired into isolation.
Explanation:
By the 1500´s Europe’s era of exploration and colonization, China has closed itself to the point that building a boat with more than two masts became a capital offense and all oceangoing ships were destroyed.
Founding father of Liberalism John Lock based his views off Christianity which where many atheists base thier morality off and Islam bought many advancement in science and mathematics, women's rights, animal and environmental rights.