Assertion: western culture | /r/CapableOf | leave vacuum
Facets:
value: to flourish
type: PURPOSE
value: for new ideas
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Historians, such as Carroll Quigley in "The Evolution of Civilizations", contend that Western civilization was born around AD 500, after the total collapse of the Western Roman Empire, leaving a vacuum for new ideas to flourish that were impossible in Classical societies.