===== Points of Divergence : The Industrial Revolution =====


Arguably the greatest overall change in Human society since the rise of [[agriculture]] and urban centers during the Neolithic Revolution.

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==== Change in Time ====
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=9276|Earliest plausible Industrial Revolution ?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259384|Challenge: Earlier Scientific Revolution]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=24410|Postponing Industrialization]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=95394|Industrial revolution before the first millenium!]]**
  * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-pod-to-have-early-industrialization-in-roman-period.417190/|What POD should one choose to have early industrialization in the Roman period ?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=36921|How could the world skip the industrial age?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=66513|Industrial Revolution before gunpowder?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=238798|Possible ways to delay an industrial revolution after the year 1600 AD]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=254732|Preventing or delaying the industrial revolution]]**
  * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/when-did-the-industrial-revolution-become-a-high-probability-event.515281/|When did the Industrial Revolution become a high probability event?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=248278|Plausibility check: Industrialization without liberalism ?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=258118|Changes to the industrial revolution without the American Revolutionary War and Opium Wars or with their different outcomes ?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=105076|Speeding up the industrial revolution]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=304914|Mercantilism or Free Trade for Industrialization ?]]**
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==== Change in Place ====
  * **[[pods:Pulling a Meiji|"Pulling a Meiji"]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=30077|Industrial Revolution in Rome ?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=33371|What if a Parallel Industrial Revolution ?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=57307|Hero's steam engine triggers Greek industrial revolution ?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=41305|French-led Industrial Revolution]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=90479|Challenge: Industrial Revolution in Italy]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=179976|Plausibility check: Non-industrializing Westernization]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=306218|WI: Venetian Industrial Revolution]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=307387|Plausibility check: Industrial Revolution starts in Belgium ?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=296355|Challenge: Belgium as the second country to undergo industrial revolution after the UK]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=167124|Must America always be industrial ?]]**
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==== Other / Miscellaneous PODs ====

  * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/if-fossil-fuels-didnt-exist-how-would-humanity-have-developed.544160/|If fossil fuels didn't exist, how would humanity have developed ?]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=350247|Challenge: Renewables-fueled Industrial Revolution]]**
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/trains-with-stirling-engines.3973/|Plausibility check: Trains with Stirling Engines ?]]**
  * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/loss-of-the-rocket.87740/|Loss of the 'Rocket']]**
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==== See Also ====

**[[pods:Agriculture|Points of Divergence : Agriculture]]**

**[[pods:Economy and Trade|Points of Divergence : Economy and Trade]]**

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