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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I made this comment earlier but it was removed because it was just a link. Fair enough, it’s not exactly ELI5 but it’s a brilliant blog post about exactly the kind of conditions that existed in Britain at the time that allowed the industrial revolution to prosper, and why that couldn’t have happened in other places and at other times. Recommended reading for anyone who is interested.
https://acoup.blog/2022/08/26/collections-why-no-roman-industrial-revolution/
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