If by that you mean always being one of the 4 most advanced places on the planet (the other big 3 being middle east, south asia and east asia) since at least 3000 years ago (and sporadic examples being found millennia before like Cucuteni-Trypillian in 5000 bc) and being as of now the greatest single contributor to technological and scientific evolution then I agree. <|endoftext|> European history is boring as fuck though 