eli5: why wasn’t there an Industrial Revolution at an earlier point in time?

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Was it a lack of manpower? Was it geographic circumstances? Why couldn’t civilizations like, say, Babylon or Rome have an Industrial Revolution?

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Has anyone mentioned the enclosures in England? Commoners lost the right to make a living off of the land.

The industrial revolution would not have happened without an influx of workers who were stripped of everything and willing to work for anything.

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