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A 5 page survey of the major developments that lead to the European Industrial Revolution. Writer traces major religious, political and economic developments from 1100 A.D. up through the Eighteenth century. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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hot and cold running water. How did we get here? But where did it all begin? Nothing, as they say begins in a vacuum. And the events leading up to
the Industrial Revolution in Europe are no exception. There really was no turning point but just a slow progression of events one after the other, each influencing the previous and
the next after it. A good starting point in tracing these events would be the fall of the Roman Empire and the establishment of the Christian Church. In
a span of three hundred years, Christianity became a powerful force in Europe leading to the glory days of the Holy Roman Empire. But around 1100 stress on the Empire
started to show. Infighting between the Germanic west and the Byzantine east caused confusion and schism. This coupled with the corruption of church leaders from the popes down to the
friars leaving the ignorant--poor and the intelligent--disillusioned. If the internal strife was not enough then there was the rise of Islam and the
resulting Crusades which taxed the Romes ever shrinking resources. These wars--religious campaigns to free the holy land from the Moors were successful at first but soon these campaigns
became futile. By the fourteenth century poor diet and over all poor health brought the weakened people of Europe to the grave with a succession of plagues and famines. And
truly by the Fifteenth century Europe was in the "Dark Ages" in every possible way: materially, spiritually, physically and economically. What fed the
malnourished European purse was the invention the invention of the compass and a few other tools that made sea travel better and more navigable. This trend started in Italian cities
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