Thriving cities, wealthy merchant class, classical heritage of Greek and Rome.
Well many things. Classical civilization had a primitive government with laws, most were river valley civilizations (<span>Mesopotamia/Sumer, and Harrappa/Mojeno-daro)</span>
<span>Europeans became dependent on goods from the middle eastern and asia</span>
It gave people lights to work at night or when or where they wanted which gave more time to work on inventions.
