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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cheap and easy energy in the form of fossile fuels was the big driver and still is today, without it everything would grind to a halt

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