The Aztec/Mayan/Incan Empires vs. Europe

[Aetheling]

I doubt about the last reason.  Christianity is involved for 2.000 years only, quite a recent actor regarding to History.

Wouldn't your point only reinforce the point Donnie was making?  Given Christianity's relative "newness" in the history of things, it has marked civilizations that have made some of the greatest advancements.  In other words, Christianity has helped with the exchange of ideas so that even in a short time, civilizations have gone on to thrive.

Many religions might have fueled philosophy, some advancements or ideas. Not only Christianity.
Few examples:
- the Medes
- the Babylonians
- the Egyptians
- the Greeks
- the Romans
- the Indians (Hinduism, Buddhism)
- the Chinese (Confucius and Buddhism)
- not to mention megalithic religion in Europe
- etc...

Just wanted to point out that "religious-centrism" can't be used to explain about ancient civilisations.

[Phidippides]

Yes, you're absolutely correct in that significant advancements have been made outside Christian contexts.  What Donnie was responding to was my original query, which had to do with the way Europe civilization advanced compared to civilizations in the Americas, which were also quite large and advanced in their own right.  Still, the Europeans were far more advanced (relatively speaking) when they arrived in the New World in the 15th and 16th centuries.  The practice of Christian proselytizing was one within the list of factors that Donnie proposed was a reason which may account for the discrepancies in advancements within parallel civilizations.