Ch.2

In ch.2 Nisbett describes why Greece and China deffered so much.
He mentioned many aspects of them;political system, location, life style etc. Some of them convinced me, but he needed more details to make me satisfied. As for location, both of Greece and China had maritime location. The Greeks traded with people with different view, how about China? China also traded with many foreign people through the Silk Road. Not only the Greeks that encountered people from other countries. Why particular the Greeks? I would like the evidence that proves the only Greeks could develop in that way.
Second, the sentence"Science was invented only in Greece" seems strange. I was wondering why the historian could claim so. "lack of curiosity"(on Chinese) also sounds weird. I agree with him in respect of the fact that the Greeks were more curious than the Chinese, but the ancient chinese were also curious. They developed their own technology, culture and thought. I think the author said a bit too much about it.