Two advances europe borrowed from china

Lateen sail, astrolabe, magnetic compass, rudder, mapmaking skills (Latitude and Longitude), Caravel (let ships sail INTO the wind); All helped with European Exploration; Islamic scholars saved Greek and Roman texts, zero, medical advances, numbers/algebra

haitian revolution slaves initiated the rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 they had succeeded in ending not just slavery but french control over the colony

soviet influence spread across eastern europe sharply during and after wwii. the soviet armies liberated the countries in eastern europe and occupied them from the germans as they were forced to retreat towards germany.