The Authors List a Number of Transformations That Favored Industrialization

question 56

Essay

The authors list a number of transformations that favored industrialization in Europe, accompanied it, or both.Make a list of these transformations and show their contributions to industrialization.Try to expand this inventory with other contributing factors omitted in the author's explanation.(Hint: Could the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment have been contributing factors?)Could it be said that all the major trends in the West beginning at least with the Renaissance contributed to a unique environment conducive for this dramatic breakthrough? If so, show how.

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