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The ancient world seemed almost on the verge of industrializing. I've often wondered if that might have happened had they not all gone mad with Roman imperialis
by api 11y ago
The ancient world seemed almost on the verge of industrializing. I've often wondered if that might have happened had they not all gone mad with Roman imperialism and religious fanaticism instead.
- jdc 11y agoCould it be that the ancients didn't have the same drive to propagate novel technologies and saw different ways of improving the human condition?
- jonsen 11y agoWell, did they in fact improve human condition? They probably had lots of engineering talent, with a drive to improve too, but they lacked the nescessary science to provide proper methods. Calculus means a lot i industrial engineering. And chemistry has its role. You don't get far with alchemy.
- DanBC 11y agoThere's a (rather old) book about ancient inventions that HN might be interested in: http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Inventions-Peter-James/dp/0345401026/ http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Inventions-Peter-James/dp/0345...