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OTL, Song China was closest to industrializing before Britain kickstarted the Industrial Revolution in our timeline.

Song China was one of the most prosperous and rich medieval economies. It had many features conducive to an industrial revolution; relatively high wages, coal production, population growth and scientific technological advances.

So what if the Song Dynasty was able to industrialize? Perhaps we shall butterfly the Jin-Song wars or even a Southern Song industrialisation?

What would be the effects of this industrialisation on the world? Obviously by present day technology will be a few hundred years more advanced, but what would be the geopolitical effects on the world?
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