Achaemenid Empire industrializes?

The Greeks or the Romans couldn't have industrialised because they depended too much on slaves and the institution of slavery, they say. Manpower was abundant, and a labor was cheap so there was no incentive to develop any alternative.

But the Persians never practiced slavery in the scale the Greeks and the Romans did. What if they manage to survive? Maybe they conquer Greece completely, Philip and Alexander are butterflied away, and with the eastern Mediterranean thoroughly Persianized the philosopher's of the fledging Roman state end up admiring Darius's successors and their achievements?

Then, some sort of black plague analogur ends up decimating the Empire's population, and the sudden lack of manpower and overabundance of wealth create the perfect situation for industrialization? Plausible?
 
Romans and greeks not only have slavery standing against industrialization, but also a number of other obstacles, mostly pertaining to technological foundations laid iotl by medieval craftsmen. These stand against Achaemenid industrialization, too. (at least unless they survive for far longer than a millennium...) proto-industrial Progress in wind- and watermills can go a long way though.
 
Keep the Achaemenid Empire from conquering Lydia and Egypt, secure the dynastic lineage of Cyrus. Maybe use settler colonies in Eastern Africa to relieve the population pressure.
 
Romans and greeks not only have slavery standing against industrialization, but also a number of other obstacles, mostly pertaining to technological foundations laid iotl by medieval craftsmen. These stand against Achaemenid industrialization, too. (at least unless they survive for far longer than a millennium...) proto-industrial Progress in wind- and watermills can go a long way though.
To elaborate, several things would be necessary for industrialization, here are a few

1)Better agricultural yields, you can't have an industrial revolution if 90% of the population is needed on the farm to feed the other 10%. OTL Europe had an advantage of 1500-2000 years of improved agricultural tech and selective breeding, plus the Colombian Exchange bringing in new crops

2) Better metallurgy, this was one field that constantly improved and metallurgy of the day was not capable of reliably producing the quality needed for industrialization

3) Better transportation, the Industrial revolution occurred with much better ships and better use of animal transport (better wagons and animal collars), reducing shipping costs and thus increasing size of potential markets

4) A better financial system, more advanced banking, financial markets and better financial management techniques, allowing a more efficient investment of money
 
There were definitely credit banks in very ancient Mesopotamia for river trade. The words might be different but the effect was the same

I saw a documentary that said without Greece winning the Persians would all be priests and kings and useless, but even if you accept an element of this you ignore the fact that things change and evolve over time

There are always traders and always artisans
 
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