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In the late 15th century Western Europe entered the Renaissance which is often credited with the origins of modern scientific thought The Age of Exploration also began around that time and 1517 is when the Reformation began Meanwhile the Islamic world was also quickly evolving around the same time with the Ottoman Empire expanding into Eastern Europe and wiping the Orthodox Christian Byzantine Empire off the face of the map And while the Ottomans were establishing themselves as the premier Islamic power with the help of early gunpowder weapons hundreds of miles away in Central Asia another gunpowder empire was forming