industrial revolution

Basically, I'm trying to ask if it is possible for a world to develop industrially and technologically to modern standards without liberal democracy becoming a major force in the world? I know that "authoritarianism" is just as much a development of the modern world as liberal democracy was, and...

Inspired by this image shown to me by a Chinese friend I began to wonder about this possibility. The Chinese could have figured out how to use steam for motive power (perhaps they already had?). After the An Lushan rebellion which killed off so many Chinese people, there would most likely have...

Let's say that, by a combination of avoiding at least some of the unlucky breaks that did major damage to them (e.g. Stephen of Blois getting blackpilled about the crusade and abandoning it literally the day before the crusaders took Antioch and inadvertently convincing Alexios that the whole...

The question is in the title really. We live in an era of fast change, where exponential growth is the norm, where each new day brings massive new discoveries and advancements in science and industry. As I understand it, this is because of the industrial and scientific revolutions right? This...

The Industrial Revolution truly changed the human race. Many went fro living in an agrarian state of existence to a modernized world full of machinery, electricity, and other modern luxuries. However, much of that industrial growth was built off the back of the suffering of much of the world -...

The assassination of one of Aurangzeb’s grandson, Azim-us-shan in the camp of the Afghan troublemaker Rahim Khan in Bengal had the emperor personally send Zabardast Khan again to bring the bandit to heel [1]. Just like what he did with Azim-us-shan, Rahim Khan tried to treacherously invite him...

First of all, how could such a thing happen and when exactly? (Most probably occurring in cordoba or Bagdad) Secondly, how would it spread and what sectors would it immediately affect? (Will the spread of industrialization be slow or crazy fast in the Islamic world?) Finally, what would be its...

Like the title says, would it be possible to reach at least early industrial levels of manufacturing and production without the steam engine or similar contraptions ? How could an alternate industrial revolution look like? I was wondering if it could be based on a more elaborate use of...

Regardless of the various perspectives and debates over the supposed ‘decline’ of the MENA region, it is indisputable that the eventual subjugation of the Arab world under colonialist polities can be attributed to the latter’s economic and technological supremacy, a factor directly linked...

Of course for rapid industrialization, you need many well-educated people which Ethiopia simply did not have. So, China, North Korea, and every country in the warsaw pact donate a dozen educated people each to work for Ethiopia's communist party, in exchange. After 1 year Ethiopia will give each...

When did the Industrial Revolution become a high probability event? Was it when we first learned to sew/weave? When humanity began to work metal? When writing was invented? Geometry and Mathematics? Or was it not until humans began to harness water power and wind power? I'm basically...

France does not appear to have an "industrial corridor" the way other countries do: the North of England, the American northeast and midwest, the German rhineland, etc. I imagine this is because of the peculiarities of the industrial revolution in each country (that's the reason I'm posting this...

So in my TL (link below), England and thus Britain stays Catholic, and Denmark-Norway is more successful in maritime expeditions. I don't know how strong a correlation ons can draw between "Protestant->Capitalist Innovations and First Industrializers" but one cannot deny that Britain and the...

Do you think the Industrial Revolution could have happened earlier in Europe if the Black Death didn't strike in the 1300s? By the 1300s, Medieval Europe was a very advanced and well-organized civilization. The knowledge of Western European monasteries, and the engineering expertise of the...

Prologue: Nepal is Bhimsen, and Bhimsen is Nepal *** One is born in this world in order to undergo the fruits of actions performed in past life. After the fruits of such actions are undergone, the soul is separated from the body. It then departs to another world to undergo the fruits of...

How could Goryeo survive independent and undergo an industrial revolution? Extra points if Goryeo is at least a constitutional Monarchy by the end of it.

During the reign of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Egypt interestingly began to undergo an Industrial Revolution, with factories being developed from the 1810s into the 1840s, at which point Egypt seemed to be on route to become an industrial power. This eventually stopped due to a number of factors...

What could've been an earlier date in European History when an Industrial Revolution could have occurred? For example, I remember reading that some French Monasteries, and the Venetian Arsenal have been getting close by the early 1200s towards a standardized proto-assembly line kind of...

This is more of a technical question than anything else. One of the main drivers of the Industrial Revolution, was of course, the steam engine. Another one was the mass production of steel and railroads. Both of these inventions were powered by coal. By far, coal at the time was the most...

In brief, the industrial revolution was born in OTL England out of a handful of interrelated conditions: A rising middle class; The development of new technologies which enabled the industrialization of a thriving cottage industry (in England: the spinning jetty and other machines useful in...