The Text Argues That the West May Have Industrialized Before

The text argues that the West may have industrialized before the East for all of the following reasons except (Global Perspective, pp. 458-459)

A) that the Protestant Ethic inspired saving and thrift.
B) that the first modern states, with efficient bureaucracies, emerged in the West.
C) that the Scientific Revolution contributed to technological innovation.
D) that the competitive state system made the West more open to outside influences.