Janis Kenderdineyes definitely limited to Western. My knowledge
of eastern and indian cultures is sorely lacking, alas, as well
as other civilizations. But my original audience was someone who
made the claim that "more advances in the past 400 years due to
science than any other time in history" and, as much as I love
science, I had to point out that, "no, it didn't really all
start there." I'd love to be able to a complete connected
history but I just don't know enough :) "