Why was there no Renaissance in Asia or the Middle East?

Question

this was during 1400-1600

Answer 1

There was.  Both happened earlier than in Europe.  In the 800s, the Muslims had their Renaissance.  The Chinese had thiers even earlier.

Answer 2

Because they never had Dark Ages as bad as Europe's.

The Middle East WAS the cradle of civilization.

China WAS far ahead of Europe in many areas of invention from ~ 200 BCE until the Renaissance and a lot of the advances of the Renaissance came directly from China via Marco Polo.

Edit: The plague did hit China. It CAME from China.

Answer 3

I thought the renaissance was a rebirth after the dark ages caused by the black plague.

The plague did not hit the Middle east or Asia, so they had nothing to come back from.