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The Turks already had coffee, so why the industrial revolution didn't start there earlier?
by taway_1212 10y ago
The Turks already had coffee, so why the industrial revolution didn't start there earlier?
- marcosdumay 10y agoHow was Turkish astronomy at the time? Physics were a great enabler of machine building.
- taway_1212 10y agoWas it? I was under impression that a lot of it was trial and error by tinkerers (Edison-style, but a couple centuries earlier). For example, was there that much (or any, for that matter) physics in the invention of the loom?
- marcosdumay 10y agoOn the invention, not that much. On the mass production, yes, a lot. The Wealth of Nations has some interesting anecdotes about Newton's work helping industries. (But it's been a long time since I've read it, so no pointers.)
- kedean 10y agoI'd say the clear answer is that we can't boil down entire world movements to a single factor.
- BurningFrog 10y agoMost of the rest Europe also had coffee when Britain had it, so why didn't they also start it? I'm far from an expert on this history, but I have read that Britain probably got there first because of institutions that favored free enterprise, such as rule of law and private property rights. I'm guessing Turkey did not score as highly on those measures.