Europeans catch up
It took 1000 more years for the Chinese inventions to reach and catch on in Europe.
Together with the invention of movable type printing, they enabled Europe to grow its body of written knowledge significantly. Between 1450-1500 Europe advanced from a few tens of thousands of hand written books to 10 million printed books.
Learning became available to anyone who could read.
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