The fact that the astrolabe was developed in the muslim empire implies that europeans had more advanced technology. europeans did not make use of new knowledge. the muslim empire was technologically advanced. the world outside of europe was undeveloped.

the Muslim Empire was technologically advanced

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The Muslim Empire was one of the most advanced empires of its time. During its ''Golden Age'', the Muslim Caliphates had a boom in numerous sciences, big portion of which were based upon and motivated by the knowledge of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. This led to numerous scientists to experiment and invent lot of new technologies. One of the very useful new inventions was the astrolabe, a device that was providing the sailors with much improved orientation when on sea, thus minimizing the errors, and maximizing the efficiency and precision of the traveling and trade through sea. The Europeans managed to get hold onto this new device, and soon after they used it perfectly well in order to explore and discover new territories.

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