Why Did Britain Industrialize First?

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China Was Ahead for 700 Years. So Why Did Britain Industrialize First?

China was producing iron on an enormous scale centuries before Britain began its Industrial Revolution. It had coal, advanced technology, thriving markets, paper money, gunpowder, the compass, and brilliant inventors.

So why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain instead of China?

In this documentary, we explore one of history's greatest mysteries: the Needham Question. Discover how geography, cheap coal, high wages, overseas trade, scientific networks, and political competition helped Britain industrialize first.

We'll travel from China's Song Dynasty iron furnaces in 1078 to England's first steam engines in the 1700s, uncovering the surprising economic and historical forces that changed the world.

It argues that England's advantage was not resources, IQ, stable government, or access to shipping. So what was it? How did it go from being 500 years behind to 500 years ahead?

The video recites some interesting history, but never mentions Christianity.