As most of us tend to agree, Song China was a proto industrial power with a lot of potential, but what about other areas of the world?
Were there any other places in the world prior to the OTL industrial revolution that were toeing the line of industrialism without going over completely?
Some people have said in passing that around the 2nd century Rome was on its way there, its ascent hampered by the crisis. If Rome was anywhere near it then was Persia and India nearing it in their own ways?
Were there any other places in the world prior to the OTL industrial revolution that were toeing the line of industrialism without going over completely?
Some people have said in passing that around the 2nd century Rome was on its way there, its ascent hampered by the crisis. If Rome was anywhere near it then was Persia and India nearing it in their own ways?