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For an excellent book on basically this topic from an economic historian I recommend Rulers, Religion, and Riches: Why the West Got Rich and the Middle East Did Not
The Middle East started off with more advancements in science, math, technology, trade, military, finance, and higher populations etc than Europe. Simply put Europe was a shithole.
Both Europe and the Middle East had similar bans/limitations on usury, religion played similarly large roles to both peoples.
So why was there a vast reversal of fortune by the 1600s? The book tries to answer this question and it's very good.