what if more ancient states for example roman empire did fund scientific center and library. like the ptolemic did with library Alexandria and Abbasid with house of wisdom in Baghdad. could that begin scientific revolution earlier.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Library_of_Alexandria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musaeum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wisdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Library_of_Alexandria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musaeum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wisdom