Timeline for Could the industrial revolution have happened in Hellenistic Alexandria?
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| Jun 13, 2018 at 19:28 | vote | accept | Paul Siegel | ||
| Nov 6, 2014 at 23:53 | comment | added | HDE 226868♦ | By the way, this is the site's 100th question. | |
| Nov 6, 2014 at 13:26 | answer | added | Alexandre Eremenko | timeline score: 11 | |
| Nov 6, 2014 at 12:25 | answer | added | mau | timeline score: 6 | |
| Nov 6, 2014 at 2:22 | comment | added | winwaed | sorry no references, but the explanation I heard was that devices such as Hero's engine or the Antikythera mechanism were invented to demonstrate or understand nature rather than inventions for saving or improving work, because the Greeks were more interested in 'philosophy' than industry | |
| Nov 6, 2014 at 0:21 | comment | added | HDE 226868♦ | This may seem a little pre-mature, but I'd consider this a bounty-worthy question if it isn't answered by the end of the week. You could extend it to other eras, too. | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 23:56 | comment | added | HDE 226868♦ | Sure. What did you have in mind? | |
| S Nov 5, 2014 at 23:56 | history | suggested | quid |
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| Nov 5, 2014 at 23:05 | comment | added | Paul Siegel | I could use some help with tags... | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 23:05 | history | asked | Paul Siegel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |